Ken Watanabe .... General Tadamichi
Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya .... Saigo
Shido Nakamura .... Lieutenant Ito
Tsuyoshi Ihara .... Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase .... Shimizu
Yuki Matsuzaki .... Nozaki
Hiroshi Watanabe
Takumi Bando .... Captain Tanida
Nobumasa Sakagami .... Admiral Ohsugi
Takashi Yamaguchi .... Kashiwara
Nae Yuuki .... Hanako
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nori Bunasawa .... Japanese Journalist
Arnold Chun .... Howitzer Cannon Operator
Willis Chung .... Japanese Soldier
Gelbert Coloma .... Escavating men
James D. Dever .... Marine Sergeant
Michael Didriksson .... Messenger
Evan Ellingson .... "Kid" Marine
Lucas Elliott .... Sam
Nicholas Garren .... U. S. Marine
Jeremy Glazer .... Marine Lieutenant
Yoshio Iizuka .... Tired Soldier
Eiji Inoue
Morosawa Kazu .... Ito's Guard
London Kim .... Okubo's Soldier
Michael Lawson .... Fielder
Mitsu .... Suicide Soldier
Jonas Neal .... U. S. Colonel
Sonny Saito .... Medic Endo
Jonathan Oliver Sessler .... Adams
Brian Takahashi .... Lieutenant Ito's Men
Dennis Y. Takeda .... Miura
Mike Thai .... Cigarette-smoking officer
Chris Turner .... Japanese Soldier