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  • The World at War Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 (Season 1, Episode 6)
  • TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The World at War

Banzai! Japan 1931-1942 (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor, and the early Japanese successes in the Battle of Malaya and Battle of Singapore.
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Updated Dec 5, 1973

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Dec 5, 1973 (United Kingdom)
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21 cast members
Name Known for
Laurence Olivier
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Tomohiko Ushiba
Self - Prime Minister's Private Secretary Self - Prime Minister's Private Secretary   See fewer
Kôichi Kido
Self - Emperor's Chief Adviser (as Marquis Kido) Self - Emperor's Chief Adviser (as Marquis Kido)   See fewer
Lewis Bush
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Ian Mutsu
Self - Newsman Self - Newsman   See fewer
Minoru Genda
Self - Planned Pearl Harbor Attack Self - Planned Pearl Harbor Attack   See fewer
Mitsuo Fuchida
Self - Led Pearl Harbor Attack Self - Led Pearl Harbor Attack   See fewer
Masatake Okumiya
Self - Pilot Self - Pilot   See fewer
Takeo Yoshikawa
Self - Spy at Pearl Harbor Self - Spy at Pearl Harbor   See fewer
George Elliott
Self - Radar Unit Plotter Self - Radar Unit Plotter   See fewer
J.G. Smyth
Self - 17th Indian Infantry Division, Malaya (as General Sir J.G.Smyth V.C.) Self - 17th Indian Infantry Division, Malaya (as General Sir J.G.Smyth V.C.)   See fewer
Ichiji Sugita
Self - General Staff Self - General Staff   See fewer
Yuzuru Sanematsu
Self - Naval Intelligence Self - Naval Intelligence   See fewer
Toshikazu Kase
Self - Matsuoka's Private Secretary Self - Matsuoka's Private Secretary   See fewer
Hirohito
Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Führer und Reichskanzler (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Yôsuke Matsuoka
Self - Foreign Minister of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Foreign Minister of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Arthur Percival
Self - Commonwealth General, Singapore (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Commonwealth General, Singapore (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Joseph Stalin
Self - Secretary General (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Secretary General (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Hideki Tôjô
Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Self - Japanese General (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Japanese General (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
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