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Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

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Toshirō MifuneAdmiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya NakadaiMajor Genjiro Akashi
Yūzō KayamaCmdr. Hirose
Chishū RyūGeneral Maresuke Nogi
Susumu FujitaUemura
Mitsuko KusabueMrs. Togo
Ryūtarō TatsumiGeneral Gonbei Yamamoto
Matsumoto Hakuō IThe Emperor Meiji
Toshio KurosawaPfc. Maeyama
Yōko Tsukasa

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