AnimEigo has released a massive DVD box set titled Japan at the War. The set compiles four previously released AnimEigo titles with the intent of providing a Japanese perspective on the Second World War. Kihachi Okamoto's Japan's Longest Day (1967) and Battle of Okinawa (1971) are featured as are Kosaku Yamashita's Father of the Kamikaze (1974) and Shohei Imamura's highly acclaimed Black Rain (1988). Detailed synopses (courtesy of AnimEigo) and full technical specs are featured below.
Japan's Longest Day
On August 15th, 1945, the Japanese people faced utter destruction. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead, the rest were starving, and their cities had been reduced to piles of rubble--two of them vaporized by atomic bombs. The government was deadlocked. To break the impasse, the cabinet took the unprecedented step of asking the Emperor to decide the fate of the nation. Toshiro Mifune leads an all-star cast in a powerful film about...
Japan's Longest Day
On August 15th, 1945, the Japanese people faced utter destruction. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead, the rest were starving, and their cities had been reduced to piles of rubble--two of them vaporized by atomic bombs. The government was deadlocked. To break the impasse, the cabinet took the unprecedented step of asking the Emperor to decide the fate of the nation. Toshiro Mifune leads an all-star cast in a powerful film about...
- 4/6/2010
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