Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

• TOHO
• Denjirō Ōkōchi
• Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
• Masao Shimizu
• Eijirō Yanagi
• Minoru Takada
• Ichirō Sugai
• Takashi Shimura
• Toshirō Mifune