Martin Balsam
as Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Sō Yamamura
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Jason Robards
as General Walter C. Short

Joseph Cotten
as Henry L. Stimson

Tatsuya Mihashi
as Commander Minoru Genda

E.G. Marshall
as Colonel Rufus S. Bratton

Takahiro Tamura
as Lt. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida

James Whitmore
as Admiral William F. Halsey

Eijirō Tōno
as Admiral Chuici Nagumo

Wesley Addy
as Lt. Commander Alwin D. Kramer

Shōgo Shimada
as Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura

Frank Aletter
as Lt. Commander Thomas

Koreya Senda
as Prince Fumimaro Konoye

Leon Ames
as Frank Knox

Jun Usami
as Admiral Zengo Yoshida

Richard Anderson
as Captain John B. Earle

Kazuo Kitamura
as Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka

Keith Andes
as General George C. Marshall

Edward Andrews
as Admiral Harold R. Stark

Neville Brand
as Lieutenant Harold Kaminsky

Leora Dana
as Mrs. Kramer

Asao Uchida
as General Hideki Tojo

Susumu Fujita
as Rear Adm. Tamon Yamaguchi

Bontarō Miake
as Adm. Koshiro Oikawa

Ichirō Ryūzaki
as Rear Adm. Ryunosuke Kusaka

George Macready
as Cordell Hull

Norman Alden
as Major Truman Landon

Kazuko Ichikawa
as Geisha in Kagoshima

Walter Brooke
as Captain Theodore Wilkinson

Hank Jones
as Davey - Student Pilot in Biplane

Rick Cooper
as Lieutenant George Welch

Karl Lukas
as Capt. Harold C. Train - USS California

June Dayton
as Miss Ray Cave

Ron Masak
as Lt. Laurence Ruff - USS Nevada

Jeff Donnell
as Cornelia

Shunichi Nakamura
as Kameto Kurojima

Richard Erdman
as Colonel Edward F. French

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Rear Adm. Chuichi Hara

Jerry Fogel
as Lt. Commander William Outerbridge

Carl Reindel
as Lieutenant Kenneth Taylor

Elven Havard
as Mess Attendant 3rd Class Doris Miller

Edmon Ryan
as Rear Admiral Bellinger

Toshio Hosokawa
as Lt. Cmdr. Shigeharu Murata

Hisao Toake
as Saburo Kurusu

Tōru Abe
as Rear Adm. Takijiro Onishi (uncredited)

Hiroshi Akutagawa
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Koichi Kido (uncredited)

Leon Alton
as Official (uncredited)

Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Cook #1 (uncredited)

Paul Bradley
as Official (uncredited)

Harold Conway
as Eugene Dooman - US Embassy Counselor (uncredited)

Francis De Sales
as Capt. Arthur H. McCollum (uncredited)

George DeNormand
as Official (uncredited)

Glenn Dixon
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Dave Donnelly
as Maj. Gordon A. Blake (uncredited)

James B. Douglas
as French's Subordinate (uncredited)

Bill Edwards
as Col. Kendall J. Fielder (uncredited)

Paul Frees
as Japanese Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura (voice) (uncredited)

Bobby Gilbert
as Official (uncredited)

Charles Gilbert
as Lt. Col. William H. Murphy (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada
as Admiral (uncredited)

Ed Haskett
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Ryōji Hayama
as Admiral (uncredited)

Andrew Hughes
as Embassy Delegation Employee of Japan (uncredited)

Hisashi Igawa
as Lt. Mitsuo Matsuzaki (uncredited)

Alex Johnson
as Army Officer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
as Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
as Civilian Official Seated at Meeting Table (uncredited)

Berry Kroeger
as U.S. Army General (uncredited)

Akira Kume
as Katsuzo Okumura (uncredited)

Joseph La Cava
as Official (uncredited)

Ken Lynch
as Rear Adm. John H. Newton (uncredited)

Eitarō Matsuyama
as Cook #2 (uncredited)

Mitch Mitchell
as Col. Walter C. Phillips (uncredited)

Hideo Murota
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

Jiro Okazaki
as Pilot (uncredited)

John Pedrini
as Official (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton
as Destroyer Captain (uncredited)

Charlie Picerni
as Burning Sailor (uncredited)

Joe Pine
as Official (uncredited)

Walter Reed
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

Robert Shayne
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)

Edward Sheehan
as Brig. Gen. Howard C. Davidson (uncredited)

Tommy Splittgerber
as Ed Klein (uncredited)

G. D. Spradlin
as Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)

Hiroshi Tom Tanaka
as Japanese Midget Submarine Crewman (uncredited)

Larry Thor
as Maj. Gen. Frederick L. Martin (uncredited)

George Tobias
as Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
as Officer at Signing of Pact (uncredited)

Bob Turnbull
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harlan Warde
as Brig. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow (uncredited)

Meredith 'Tex' Weatherby
as Ambassador Joseph C. Grew (uncredited)

David Westberg
as Ens. Edgar M. Fair (uncredited)

Bruce Wilson
as Pvt. Joseph Lockard (uncredited)

Bill Zuckert
as Adm. James O. Richardson (uncredited)

Mike Daneen
as Edward Crocker - US Embassy First Secretary (uncredited)