Directed by
| Aleksandr Sokurov | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Yuriy Arabov | ||
| Jeremy Noble | ||
Cast (in credits order)
| Issei Ogata | ... | Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito | |
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Robert Dawson | ... | General Douglas MacArthur |
| Kaori Momoi | ... | Empress Kojun | |
| Shirô Sano | ... | The chamberlain | |
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Shinmei Tsuji | ... | Old servant |
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Taijirô Tamura | ... | Scientist |
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Georgiy Pitskhelauri | ... | McArthur's warrant officer |
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Hiroya Morita | ... | Suzuki, Prime Minister |
| Toshiaki Nishizawa | ... | Yonai, Minister of the Navy | |
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Naomasa Musaka | ... | Anami - Minister of War |
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Yûsuke Tozawa | ... | Kido (as Yusuke Tozawa) |
| Kôjirô Kusanagi | ... | Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Tetsuro Tsuno | ... | General Umezu |
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Rokuro Abe | ... | General Toyoda |
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Jun Haichi | ... | Abe, Minister of the Interior |
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Kôjun Itô | ... | Hironuma |
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Tôru Shinagawa | ... | Sakomizu |
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Vadim Badmatsyrenov | ... | soldiers of the Emperor (as Vadim Badmatsyreov) |
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Vyacheslav Ivanov | ||
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Fyodor Selkin | ||
Produced by
| Alfonso Cucci | ... | line producer: Italy |
| Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | ... | co-producer |
| Evgeniy Grigorev | ... | executive producer |
| Igor Kalyonov | ... | producer |
| Marco Müller | ... | producer (as Marco Mueller) |
| Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio | ... | associate producer |
| Alexander Rodnyansky | ... | co-producer (as Aleksandr Rodnyanskiy) |
| Andrey Sigle | ... | producer |
| Andrei Zertsalov | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| Andrey Sigle | ||
Cinematography by
| Aleksandr Sokurov | ||
Editing by
| Sergey Ivanov | ||
Production Design by
| Elena Zhukova | ||
Costume Design by
| Lidiya Kryukova | ... | (as Lidia Krukova) |
| Rossella Procaccini | ... | (Italy) |
Makeup Department
| Svetlana Kholod | ... | makeup artist |
| Zhanna Rodionova | ... | makeup designer |
Art Department
| Ekaterina Omakhanova | ... | property master |
Sound Department
| Makar Akhpashev | ... | boom operator |
| Edgar Figner | ... | foley artist |
| Sergey Figner | ... | foley artist |
| Dima Grigoriev | ... | dialogue editor / re-recording mixer |
| Sergey Moshkov | ... | sound |
Visual Effects by
| Nikolay Goryaev | ... | digital effects artist |
| Alexey Gusev | ... | visual effects supervisor (as Aleksey Gusev) |
| Nikolay Suslov | ... | visual effects producer |
| Ushan | ... | digital effects artist |
| Andrey Zhidkov | ... | digital effects artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Aleksandr Mazur | ... | assistant camera |
| Anatoliy Rodionov | ... | camera operator |
| Evgueni Taran | ... | still photographer |
Transportation Department
| Oleg Borisov | ... | driver |
| A. Gutnichenko | ... | driver |
| Dmitriy Orlov | ... | driver |
| Mikhail Petrov | ... | driver |
| Yury Volochay | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
| Yelena Aksyonova | ... | production accountant |
| Anna Alexeeva | ... | interpreter |
| Daniil Goroshko | ... | legal advisor |
| Anna Gracheva | ... | production accountant |
| Giulia Grassilli | ... | interpreter |
| Nora Hoppe | ... | interpreter |
| Geraldine Jourdan | ... | international production coordinator |
| Maxim Klikov | ... | interpreter |
| Dmitry Kopich | ... | legal advisor |
| Gilena Milova | ... | interpreter |
| Cristina Onofri | ... | production accountant |
| Igor Pavlov | ... | interpreter |
| Roberto Pini | ... | production accountant |
| Diana Rulli | ... | legal advisor |
| Francesca Zerbetto | ... | production accountant |
| Irina Zoeva-Nossova | ... | interpreter |
