Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into Manchuria.

Drama War History

Osamu Takizawa

Shinsuke Ashida

(Keisuke Godai)

Etsushi Takahashi

Ruriko Asaoka

Nakamura Kanzaburo

(Shunsuke Godai)

Mori Satô

Tsuguaki Yoshida

(Kohei Shimegi)

Rentaro Mikuni

(Shigata Komijiro)

Hideki Takahashi

(Shintaro Tsuge)

Kōji Takahashi

(Masanori Takanata)

Gō Katō

(Tatsuo Hattori)

Mitsuko Mito

Shinjirô Ehara

Yūjirō Ishihara

(Shinozaki Ryoki)

Hideaki Nitani

(Shofu Yatsugi)

Yasuko Sanjo

(Ryoko Yatsugi)

Takao Ito

(Takuro Shimegi)

Takahiro Tamura

Gaku Yamamoto

Kyôko Kishida

Takeo Chii

Komaki Kurihara

Shin Tatsuoka

Nobutada Iwasaki

Chieko Matsubara

(Motoko Takahata)

Tetsuro Tamba

Ken Hatano

(Takei Hiromichi)

Kôji Nanbara

Kazuhiro Fukuzaki

Akira Yamanouchi

(Kanji Ishihara)

Jūkei Fujioka

(Seishirō Itagaki)

Masao Shimizu

(Ichirai Zenba)

Masaaki Yana

(Ichirai Shingo)

Ichirō Nakatani

(Daisaku Komoto)

Genki Koyama

(Commander Muraoka)

Yûsuke Takita

(Morito Morishima)

Kyōichi Satō

(Tadashi Hanaya)

Shōbun Inoue

Mizuho Suzuki

(Narrator (voice))