Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) featured a cast of 49 tracked actors. Of these, 11 (27%) are still alive today and 30 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Kenji Sahara, age 94. This film starred Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai.
27% still with us· verified cast22% of full cast · incl. 8 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 27% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 80.9 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast49 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1969 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Toshirō Mifune Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Admiral Heihachiro Togo | Deceased | 01/04/1920 | 77 | 24/12/1997 | 49 |
 Tatsuya Nakadai Major Genjiro Akashi | Major Genjiro Akashi | Deceased | 13/12/1932 | 92 | 08/11/2025 | 37 |
 Yūzō Kayama Cmdr. Hirose | Cmdr. Hirose | Living | 11/04/1937 | 89 | — | 32 |
 Chishū Ryū General Maresuke Nogi | General Maresuke Nogi | Deceased | 13/05/1904 | 88 | 16/03/1993 | 65 |
 Susumu Fujita Uemura | Uemura | Deceased | 08/01/1912 | 79 | 23/03/1991 | 57 |
 Mitsuko Kusabue Mrs. Togo | Mrs. Togo | Living | 22/10/1933 | 92 | — | 36 |
 Ryūtarō Tatsumi General Gonbei Yamamoto | General Gonbei Yamamoto | Deceased | 20/04/1905 | 84 | 29/07/1989 | 64 |
 Matsumoto Hakuō I The Emperor Meiji | The Emperor Meiji | Deceased | 07/07/1910 | 71 | 11/01/1982 | 59 |
 Toshio Kurosawa Pfc. Maeyama | Pfc. Maeyama | Living | 04/02/1944 | 82 | — | 25 |
| Living | 20/08/1934 | 92 | — | 35 | ||
 Akira Kubo Matsui | Matsui | Living | 01/12/1936 | 89 | — | 33 |
 Makoto Satō Gunnery Chief of Security | Gunnery Chief of Security | Deceased | 18/03/1934 | 78 | 06/12/2012 | 35 |
 Akihiko Hirata Staff Officer Tsunoda | Staff Officer Tsunoda | Deceased | 26/12/1927 | 56 | 25/07/1984 | 42 |
 Yoshio Tsuchiya Staff Officer Akiyama | Staff Officer Akiyama | Deceased | 18/05/1927 | 89 | 08/02/2017 | 42 |
 Kenji Sahara Sub-Chief | Sub-Chief | Living | 14/05/1932 | 94 | — | 37 |
 Yoshibumi Tajima Ijichi | Ijichi | Deceased | 04/08/1918 | 91 | 10/09/2009 | 51 |
 Hiroshi Koizumi Kurino | Kurino | Deceased | 12/08/1926 | 88 | 31/05/2015 | 43 |
 Jun Tazaki Shimaji Hashiguchi | Shimaji Hashiguchi | Deceased | 28/08/1913 | 72 | 18/10/1985 | 56 |
 Takeshi Katō Chief of Staff Officer Kato | Chief of Staff Officer Kato | Deceased | 24/05/1929 | 86 | 31/07/2015 | 40 |
Atsushi Higashiyama Sugino | Sugino | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Keiji Higashiyama Dr. Fujimoto | Dr. Fujimoto | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Seiji Matsuyama Matsu | Matsu | Living | 21/05/1947 | 79 | — | 22 |
 Jun Funato Staff Officer Yamaoka | Staff Officer Yamaoka | Deceased | 26/11/1938 | 82 | 26/05/2021 | 31 |
 Eijirō Yanagi Hirofumi Ito | Hirofumi Ito | Deceased | 16/09/1895 | 88 | 24/04/1984 | 74 |
 Masao Shimizu Tozuka | Tozuka | Deceased | 05/10/1908 | 67 | 05/10/1975 | 61 |
Toru Yasube Suchi | Suchi | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Gen Shimizu Narikawa | Narikawa | Deceased | 01/01/1907 | 65 | 20/12/1972 | 62 |
Ryuji Kita Kataoka | Kataoka | Deceased | 01/01/1905 | 67 | 16/04/1972 | 64 |
Kanta Mori Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi | Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi | Deceased | 19/01/1924 | 76 | 15/11/2000 | 45 |
Toshiyuki Takahashi Nagata | Nagata | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Shin Takioka Kaoru Inoue | Kaoru Inoue | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Takamaru Sasaki Consultant Kuki | Consultant Kuki | Deceased | 30/01/1898 | 88 | 28/12/1986 | 71 |
 Yoshio Inaba Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura | Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura | Deceased | 15/07/1920 | 77 | 20/04/1998 | 49 |
 Ken Mitsuda Ariaki Yamagata | Ariaki Yamagata | Deceased | 29/04/1902 | 95 | 28/11/1997 | 67 |
| Deceased | 30/03/1911 | 106 | 01/07/2017 | 58 | ||
| Living | 18/01/1937 | 89 | — | 32 | ||
| Deceased | 14/02/1934 | 83 | 24/12/2017 | 35 | ||
| Living | 28/11/1941 | 84 | — | 28 | ||
| Living | 18/04/1940 | 86 | — | 29 | ||
| Deceased | 11/07/1925 | 75 | 27/07/2000 | 44 | ||
| Deceased | 29/11/1911 | 97 | 12/04/2009 | 58 | ||
Ted Gunther Shuriakusu | Shuriakusu | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Jacob Shapiro Informant | Informant | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Harold Conway Captain John Campbell | Captain John Campbell | Deceased | 24/05/1911 | 85 | 19/12/1996 | 58 |
 Hans Horneff Soldier | Soldier | Deceased | 10/03/1917 | 78 | 30/04/1995 | 52 |
 Osman Yusuf Russian Officer | Russian Officer | Deceased | 23/05/1920 | 62 | 29/08/1982 | 49 |
 Peter Williams Admiral Nebagotov | Admiral Nebagotov | Living | 31/12/1957 | 68 | — | 12 |
Andrew Hughes Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet) | Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet) | Deceased | 24/05/1911 | 85 | 01/09/1996 | 58 |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — |
