Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War poster

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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Name: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Director: Kunio Watanabe
Genre: History, War, Drama
Released: 1957-04-29
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi, Kusuo Abe, Minoru Takada, Shin Takemura, Susumu Fujita

113 min · Japan · Dir. Kunio Watanabe

History War Drama 1957 movies

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.