The Emperor in August

July 1945. Japan has to accept the Potsdam Declaration, but the cabinet has been meeting for days and cannot reach a decision. The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. General Korechika Anami is torn about what should be done, and the emperor is thinking about his people. Meanwhile Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young officers opposed to surrender move to seize the palace and the radio station, which is due to broadcast the emperor reading the rescript that ends the war. Masato Harada’s film is a remake of Kihachi Okamoto’s 1967 version and covers the failed coup known as the Kyujo incident. Koji Yakusho plays Anami and Masahiro Motoki the emperor.