is a 1970 Japanese film directed by

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Release

''The Militarists'' had a roadshow release in Japan on 11 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho. It received general release 12 September 1970 in Japan. The film was Toho's highest grossing release of the year and the second highest grossing Japanese film production in 1970. The film was released in the United States as ''Gunbatsu (The Militarists)'' with English subtitles by Toho International. It was released 10 March 1971.

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* Keijyu Kobayashi as Hideki Tōjō *

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as Gorō Arai *

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as Shigenori Tōgō * Akira Kubo as Takami * Ichirō Nakatani as Sano *

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as Okabe *

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as Ishida *

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as Tomita *

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* Sachio Sakai as Kitamura *

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as Yamanaka * Takashi Shimura as Takeda * Jūkei Fujioka as Nakata *

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as Takakura *

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as Shimagaki *

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as Saburō Kurusu * Susumu Fujita as

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