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Japan's Longest Day (Japanese: 日本のいちばん長い日, Hepburn: Nippon no ichiban nagai hi) is a 1967 Japanese epic war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto.The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon on August 14, 1945, and noon on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender to the Allies in World War II was broadcast to the Japanese people, and ...
The Emperor in August (Japanese: 日本のいちばん長い日, literally "Japan's Longest Day") is a 2015 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masato Harada. [2] [3] It was released on August 8, 2015.
Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict, 1853–1952. McGraw Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-030612-7. The Pacific War Research Society (1968) [1965]. Japan's Longest Day (English language ed.). Palo Alto, California: Kodansha International. OCLC 440039. Toland, John (1970). The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1936–1945.
The highest-grossing Japanese film in terms of box office ticket sales is the 1976 film Manhunt, ... Japan's Longest Day: ¥419,500,000: Unknown 4,400,000 [77] [75 ...
Korechika Anami (阿南 惟幾, Anami Korechika, 21 February 1887 – 15 August 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II who was War Minister during the surrender of Japan.
At 62 years and 2 weeks, Shōwa is the longest era to date. The Reiwa (令和) [5] era began on 1 May 2019, the day of accession of Naruhito to the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan, [6] following the day of the planned and voluntary abdication [7] of his father, the 125th Emperor, Akihito.
Emperor Shōwa was the longest-reigning historical monarch in Japan's history and the world's longest reigning contemporary monarch until he was surpassed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in July 2008. [58]
Black outline indicates present-day Japan . ... Emperor Shōwa's sixty-three-year reign from 1926 to 1989 is the longest in recorded Japanese history. [215]