Martin Balsam character Admiral Husband E. Kimmel
Sō Yamamura character Vice-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Jason Robards character Lt. General Walter C. Short
Joseph Cotten character Henry L. Stimson, U.S. Secretary of War
Tatsuya Mihashi character Commander Minoru Genda
E.G. Marshall character Lt. Colonel Rufus S. Bratton
Takahiro Tamura character Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida
James Whitmore character Vice Admiral William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Eijirō Tōno character Admiral Chuici Nagumo (as Eijiro Tono)
Wesley Addy character Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer
Shôgo Shimada character Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura
Frank Aletter character Lt. Commander Francis J. Thomas - USS Nevada
Koreya Senda character Prime Minister Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Leon Ames character Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
Junya Usami character Admiral Zengo Yoshida
Richard Anderson character Captain John B. Earle
Kazuo Kitamura character Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka
Keith Andes character General George C. Marshall
Edward Andrews character Admiral Harold R. Stark
Neville Brand character Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky
Leora Dana character Mrs. Kramer
Asao Uchida character General Hideki Tojo
George Macready character Cordell Hull
Norman Alden character Major Truman Landon
Rick Cooper character Lieutenant George Welch
Walter Brooke character Captain Theodore Wilkinson
Elven Havard character Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller
June Dayton character Miss Ray Cave
Jeff Donnell character Cornelia
Richard Erdman character Colonel Edward F. French
Jerry Fogel character Lt. Commander William Outerbridge
Shunichi Nakamura character Kameto Kurojima
Carl Reindel character Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor
Edmon Ryan character Rear Admiral Bellinger
Hisao Toake character Saburo Kurusu
Susumu Fujita character Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi
Bontarō Miake character Adm. Koshiro Oikawa (as Bontaro Miyake)
Ichirō Ryūzaki character Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka
Kazuko Ichikawa character Geisha in Kagoshima
Hank Jones character Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane
Karl Lukas character Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California
Ron Masak character Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi character Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara (as Kan Nihonyanagi)
Toshio Hosokawa character Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata (as Tosio Hosokawa)
Paul Frees character Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)
