# The Emperor in August (2015)

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**Original title**: *日本のいちばん長い日*
**Runtime**: 136 min
**Genres**: History, War, Drama
**Directed by**: Masato Harada
**Written by**: Masato Harada
**Starring**: Koji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tori Matsuzaka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Yajima

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re in a bunker reading the surrender terms as the city burns above you and then the prime minister can’t decide. A historian notes the film turns the emperor’s radio voice into a hinge between collapse and consent.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral

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