Martin Balsam
Role: Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Sō Yamamura
Role: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Jason Robards
Role: General Walter C. Short
Joseph Cotten
Role: Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuya Mihashi
Role: Commander Minoru Genda
E.G. Marshall
Role: Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura
Role: Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
James Whitmore
Role: Admiral William F. Halsey
Eijirō Tōno
Role: Admiral Chuici Nagumo
Wesley Addy
Role: Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
Shōgo Shimada
Role: Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
Frank Aletter
Role: Lt. Commander Thomas
Koreya Senda
Role: Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Leon Ames
Role: Frank Knox
Jun Usami
Role: Admiral Zengo Yoshida
Richard Anderson
Role: Captain John B. Earle
Kazuo Kitamura
Role: Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
Keith Andes
Role: General George C. Marshall
Edward Andrews
Role: Admiral Harold R. Stark
Neville Brand
Role: Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky
Leora Dana
Role: Mrs. Kramer
Asao Uchida
Role: General Hideki Tojo
George Macready
Role: Cordell Hull
Norman Alden
Role: Major Truman Landon
Walter Brooke
Role: Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Rick Cooper
Role: Lieutenant George Welch
Elven Havard
Role: Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller
June Dayton
Role: Miss Ray Cave
Jeff Donnell
Role: Cornelia
Richard Erdman
Role: Colonel Edward F. French
Jerry Fogel
Role: Lt. Commander William Outerbridge
Shunichi Nakamura
Role: Kameto Kurojima
Carl Reindel
Role: Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor
Edmon Ryan
Role: Rear Admiral Bellinger
Hisao Toake
Role: Saburo Kurusu
Susumu Fujita
Role: Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Bontarō Miake
Role: Adm. Koshiro Oikawa
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Role: Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka
Kazuko Ichikawa
Role: Geisha in Kagoshima
Hank Jones
Role: Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane
Karl Lukas
Role: Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California
Ron Masak
Role: Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Role: Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara
Toshio Hosokawa
Role: Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata
Tōru Abe
Role: Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Role: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Role: Official (uncredited)
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Role: Cook #1 (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Role: Official (uncredited)
Harold Conway
Role: Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)
Francis De Sales
Role: Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)
George DeNormand
Role: Official (uncredited)
Glenn Dixon
Role: Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Dave Donnelly
Role: Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)
James B. Douglas
Role: French's Subordinate (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Role: Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Role: Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Role: Official (uncredited)
Charles Gilbert
Role: Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
Role: Admiral (uncredited)
Ed Haskett
Role: Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Ryōji Hayama
Role: Admiral (uncredited)
Andrew Hughes
Role: Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)
Hisashi Igawa
Role: Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)
Alex Johnson
Role: Army Officer (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Role: Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Role: Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)
Berry Kroeger
Role: U.S. Army General (uncredited)
Akira Kume
Role: Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava
Role: Official (uncredited)
Ken Lynch
Role: Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)
Eitarō Matsuyama
Role: Cook #2 (uncredited)
Mitch Mitchell
Role: Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)
Hideo Murota
Role: Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Jiro Okazaki
Role: Pilot (uncredited)
John Pedrini
Role: Official (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Role: Destroyer Captain (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni
Role: Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Joe Pine
Role: Official (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Role: Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
Robert Shayne
Role: Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Edward Sheehan
Role: Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)
Tommy Splittgerber
Role: Ed Klein (uncredited)
G. D. Spradlin
Role: Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)
Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
Role: Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)
Larry Thor
Role: Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)
George Tobias
Role: Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Role: Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)
Bob Turnbull
Role: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Harlan Warde
Role: Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)
Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby
Role: Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)
David Westberg
Role: Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)
Bruce Wilson
Role: Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Role: Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)
Mike Daneen
Role: Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)
Ken Clayton
Role: Official (uncredited)
Bennie E. Dobbins
Role: Falling Sailor / Burning Sailor (uncredited)
Lou Dyer
Role: U.S. Navy Captain (uncredited)
Nelson Fair
Role: Lt. Col. Carrol A. Powell - Radar Officer #1 (uncredited)
Jamie Farr
Role: Multiple Characters (voice) (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan
Role: Falling Sailor (uncredited)
Randall Duk Kim
Role: Tadao - Japanese Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Dan Leegant
Role: George Street - RCA Honolulu District Manager (uncredited)
Victor Paul
Role: Burning Sailor (uncredited)