Top billed cast

1. 

   Lorne Greene

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Emperor Hirohito of Japan

   Himself (archive footage)

3. 

   Aisin-Gioro Puyi

   Himself (archive footage)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-13

What’s probably most noticeable about this otherwise fairly generic wartime documentary is that though it was commissioned by the Canadian Film Board, it doesn’t really feature very much by way of Canadian military prowess. Indeed, aside from a very brief potted history of the industrialisation of Japan - built, it suggests, on Nazi inspiration and expertise - it focuses more on the US and UK operations in Asia before highlighting the US Navy’s maritime equivalent of the Maginot line stretching south from the Aleutians. Lorne Green provides an enthusiastic and effusive commentary that is...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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