Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957) featured a cast of 65 tracked actors. Of these, 3 (9%) are still alive today and 29 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Asao Matsumoto, age 98. This film starred Kanjūrō Arashi and Kusuo Abe.
9% still with us· verified cast5% of full cast · incl. 29 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 9% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 72.3 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast65 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1957 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kanjūrō Arashi Emperor Meiji | Emperor Meiji | Deceased | 08/12/1903 | 76 | 21/10/1980 | 54 |
 Kusuo Abe Hirobumi Itō | Hirobumi Itō | Deceased | 24/07/1910 | 55 | 02/11/1965 | 47 |
 Minoru Takada Aritomo Yamagata | Aritomo Yamagata | Deceased | 20/12/1899 | 78 | 27/12/1977 | 58 |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Susumu Fujita Kaoru Inoue | Kaoru Inoue | Deceased | 08/01/1912 | 79 | 23/03/1991 | 45 |
Yōji Misaki Prime Minister Katsura | Prime Minister Katsura | Presumed Deceased | 11/04/1901 | 125 | — | 56 |
 Ureo Egawa Navy Minister Yamamoto | Navy Minister Yamamoto | Deceased | 07/05/1902 | 68 | 20/05/1970 | 55 |
 Tsunemi Hirose War Minister Terauchi | War Minister Terauchi | Deceased | 31/03/1898 | 73 | 13/08/1971 | 59 |
Fumio Hara Foreign Minister Komura | Foreign Minister Komura | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Hiroaki Kurahashi Finance Minister Sone | Finance Minister Sone | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
Eiichi Nobuo Field Marshal Ōyama | Field Marshal Ōyama | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Arata Shibata General Kodama | General Kodama | Presumed Deceased | 16/06/1903 | 123 | — | 54 |
Koji Hirose Major General Nagaoka | Major General Nagaoka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Akira Nakamura Admiral Itō | Admiral Itō | Deceased | 07/04/1916 | 53 | 09/12/1969 | 41 |
 Yōichi Numata Vice-Admiral Ijuin | Vice-Admiral Ijuin | Deceased | 19/07/1924 | 81 | 29/04/2006 | 33 |
| Deceased | 06/09/1916 | 68 | 08/08/1985 | 41 | ||
 Jun Tazaki Vice-Admiral Tōgō | Vice-Admiral Tōgō | Deceased | 28/08/1913 | 72 | 18/10/1985 | 44 |
 Yōnosuke Toba Vice-Admiral Kamimura | Vice-Admiral Kamimura | Deceased | 16/03/1905 | 53 | 10/10/1958 | 52 |
Mikio Namino Rear Admiral Uryū | Rear Admiral Uryū | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Eiji Wakasugi Rear Admiral Katō | Rear Admiral Katō | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Deceased | 20/05/1927 | 78 | 11/04/2006 | 30 | ||
 Jūzaburō Akechi Commander Akiyama | Commander Akiyama | Deceased | 05/09/1926 | 76 | 14/12/2002 | 31 |
Saburō Sawai Fleet staff officer | Fleet staff officer | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Teruo Wakatsuki Fleet staff officer | Fleet staff officer | Presumed Deceased | 28/07/1910 | 116 | — | 47 |
Yukio Kohama Navy Minister's aide | Navy Minister's aide | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Tatsuhiro Oka Commander Arima | Commander Arima | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ken Utsui Lieutenant Commander Hirose | Lieutenant Commander Hirose | Deceased | 24/10/1931 | 82 | 14/03/2014 | 26 |
Shinji Arima Private First Class Sugino | Private First Class Sugino | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Akira Kato Captain Narukawa | Captain Narukawa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Satoshi Komori Captain of the Mikasa | Captain of the Mikasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Den Kunikata First Officer of the Mikasa | First Officer of the Mikasa | Living | 19/02/1931 | 95 | — | 26 |
Sōzaburō Kikuchi Squad Leader on the Mikasa | Squad Leader on the Mikasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Shin Matsukata Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa | Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yōzō Takamura Gunner on the Mikasa | Gunner on the Mikasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Tōru Chiba Navigator on the Mikasa | Navigator on the Mikasa | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Hiroshi Hayashi General Nogi | General Nogi | Deceased | 31/01/1905 | 66 | 22/12/1971 | 52 |
 Tadao Takashima Yasusuke Nogi | Yasusuke Nogi | Deceased | 27/07/1930 | 88 | 26/06/2019 | 27 |
 Shoji Nakayama Major General Ijichi | Major General Ijichi | Deceased | 26/02/1928 | 70 | 01/12/1998 | 29 |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
 Shuntarō Emi Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka | Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka | Deceased | 16/09/1923 | 80 | 17/11/2003 | 34 |
Hiroshi Izumida Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka | Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka | Deceased | 04/04/1924 | 82 | 26/01/2007 | 33 |
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 Tomisaburō Wakayama Major Tachibana | Major Tachibana | Deceased | 01/09/1929 | 62 | 02/04/1992 | 28 |
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| Presumed Deceased | 09/01/1924 | 102 | — | 33 | ||
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| Deceased | 03/02/1931 | 43 | 17/09/1974 | 26 | ||
| Deceased | 05/10/1929 | 93 | 04/04/2023 | 28 | ||
| Living | 03/11/1928 | 97 | — | 29 | ||
| Living | 02/02/1928 | 98 | — | 29 | ||
 Ichirō Ryūzaki Dr. Tomizu | Dr. Tomizu | Deceased | 19/02/1912 | 76 | 28/06/1988 | 45 |
Masao Takamatsu Dr. Onozuka | Dr. Onozuka | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Deceased | 01/01/1881 | 86 | 03/04/1967 | 76 | ||
| Deceased | 17/04/1922 | 83 | 03/04/2006 | 35 | ||
| Deceased | 21/01/1932 | 66 | 11/09/1998 | 25 | ||
| Deceased | 22/05/1931 | 71 | 05/08/2002 | 26 | ||
| Deceased | 04/03/1931 | 54 | 27/07/1985 | 26 | ||
 Tetsuro Tamba Rear Admiral Shimamura | Rear Admiral Shimamura | Deceased | 17/07/1922 | 84 | 24/09/2006 | 35 |
