Toho Company
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Animeigo)
As Japan's leaders negotiate a surrender with the Allies, a handful of soldiers decide to rebel and make one last attempt to preserve the country's honor. The prime minister and his cabinet have endless meetings to haggle over the wording of the official "rescript" which the emperor will read to the nation over the radio. A young, wild-eyed soldier and his buddy decide to take matters into their own hands and prolong the war as long as possible. They assassinate the leader of the Imperial guard, take hostages and make a frantic search for the recordings for the next day's radio broadcast. However, when their plot is uncovered by their superior officers it is quickly suppressed. Talky and extremely long at nearly 3 hours, but certainly provides a different perspective for the western viewer of the final days of WWII.
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