August without Emperor
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Satsuo Yamamoto
Casts & Crew
Tsunehiko Watase
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Etsushi Takahashi
Kei Yamamoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Kensaku Morita
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Shinichirô Mikami
Isao Hashimoto
Shigeru Kōyama
Mizuho Suzuki
Eiji Okada
Hideji Ôtaki
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Osamu Takizawa
Shin Saburi
Akira Kume
Taketoshi Naitô
Torahiko Hamada
Kappei Matsumoto
Tomo'o Nagai
Kuniyasu Atsumi
Jun Hamamura
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Yutaka Nakajima
Jun Izumi
Yoshiko Okada
Yuriko Kono
Kiwako Taichi
Tetsurō Tamba
Eitarō Ozawa
Rentaro Mikuni
Also Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and restrictions, it is permissible for any man to attempt win the favors of the one he loves. However, the timid but romantic governor goes to the length of having the miller arrested to clear the way for his seduction of Osen. But Osen fights off his advances with an old hunting gun and dashes out of the mill. Jimbei, meanwhile, has escaped from jail and dashes home to finds the governor in his bed. Convinced that his wife has been violated, he decides to take an eye for an eye.
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese Waru through the Soviet Union's sudden attack upon Japanese troops at the end of the war.
Shochiku Production on typhoon
The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.
Murder case and trial.
Senso to ningen: Unmei no jokyoku (戦争と人間) is a 3-part, 9 hr long war epic directed by the famed left-wing Japanese director Satsuo Yamamoto about the life of 5 generations of a family during the Second Sino-Japanese War, which features impressive cinematography and art direction, and of course, a more than impressive cast which includes Yûjirô Ishihara, Go Kato, Rentarô Mikuni, Tanba Tetsuro, Etsushi Takahashi, Mitsuko Mito, Ruriko Asaoka, Komaki Kurihara, Kyôko Kishida, etc.
9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.
Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.