Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

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  Kanjūrō Arashi

  Emperor Meiji
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  Kusuo Abe

  Hirobumi Itō
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  Minoru Takada

  Aritomo Yamagata
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  Susumu Fujita

  Kaoru Inoue
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  Ureo Egawa

  Navy Minister Yamamoto
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  Tsunemi Hirose

  War Minister Terauchi
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  Yōichi Numata

  Vice-Admiral Ijuin
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  Jun Tazaki

  Vice-Admiral Tōgō
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  Yōnosuke Toba

  Vice-Admiral Kamimura
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  Hiroshi Ogasawara