As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Elenco: Toshirō Mifune , Yûzô Kayama , Yôko Tsukasa , Toshio Kurosawa , Makoto Satō , Daisuke Katō , Masayuki Mori , Wakako Sakai , Kōshirō Matsumoto , Kenjirō Ishiyama , Susumu Fujita , Yoshio Tsuchiya , Akihiko Hirata , Kenji Sahara , Tatsuya Nakadai , Haruo Nakajima , Masao Shimizu , Eijirō Yanagi , Seiji Miyaguchi , Fuyuki Murakami , Ryutaro Tatsumi , Yoshio Inaba , Masaaki Tachibana , Yû Fujiki , Yoshifumi Tajima , Jun'ichirō Mukai , Tadashi Okabe , Ryuji Kita , Masao Imafuku , Tōru Abe , Hisaya Itô , Naoya Kusakawa , Rinsaku Ogata , Akira Kubo , Ryō Tamura , Tatsuyoshi Ehara , Hiroyuki Ôta , Tôru Ibuki , Susumu Kurobe , Masaki Shinohara , Kôji Uruki , Ichirô Nakatani , Yutaka Sada .