Overview

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

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Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Emperor Meiji

Kusuo Abe

Hirobumi Itō

Minoru Takada

Aritomo Yamagata

Susumu Fujita

Kaoru Inoue

Ureo Egawa

Navy Minister Yamamoto

Tsunemi Hirose

War Minister Terauchi

Yōichi Numata

Vice-Admiral Ijuin

Jun Tazaki

Vice-Admiral Tōgō

Yōnosuke Toba

Vice-Admiral Kamimura

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Jūzaburō Akechi

Commander Akiyama

Ken Utsui

Lieutenant Commander Hirose