Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
嵐寛寿郎
as Emperor Meiji
阿部九洲男
as Hirobumi Itō
高田稔
as Aritomo Yamagata
Shin Takemura
as
藤田進
as Kaoru Inoue
Yōji Misaki
as Prime Minister Katsura
江川宇礼雄
as Navy Minister Yamamoto
広瀬恒美
as War Minister Terauchi
Fumio Hara
as Foreign Minister Komura
Hiroaki Kurahashi
as Finance Minister Sone
Jun Mihara
as
Eiichi Nobuo
as Field Marshal Ōyama
