Synopsis:
In the summer of 1945, the end of the Second World War, Japan in the Pacific War defeat has been set, the allies for the surrender of Japan and accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration, otherwise the Japanese and Japan will likely suffer the death blow. The cabinet headed by 77 year old Prime Minister kantaro Suzuki (to), the question of surrender day and night talk constantly, but the differences are increasing day by day. During this period, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been the atomic bomb attacks, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, forcing the Japanese government can not remain silent.
If the "local battle", no doubt, for 100 million people in Japan pushed into the flames, but army dispensation have many a jade Ju Fen officer's voice, and the formation of a recommendation to the Secretary of the army coup pies, or even completely overturned cabinet radical resistance. In the face of domestic trouble and foreign invasion of emperor Showa (Motoki Masahiro), SUZUKI, the prime minister, the Secretary of the army but Anand
(koji yakusho), the Registrar forced water for a long time often (Shinichi Tsutsumi et al, in rickety, between the game after a meeting, looking for maintenance constitution, accept the balance point between the declaration and stability.
However, in emperor in the Royal meeting before making a final decision, to officially broadcast "the end of the war before the imperial edict" within 24 hours, coup faction suddenly to take action, in the morning on August 15, "the end of the war rescript" recording just ended, oppose capitulation Hata (Tori Matsuzaka) Koro rate army uprising, the assassination of the head of the guards division Sen Takeo, forged division command issued and occupy the emperor ranks and radio. In the night before the end of the war, history was almost completely rewritten......
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