Drama ·War · Japan · 1953 · 1h 44m

The Battleship Yamato

戰艦大和

The Battleship Yamato poster
Director
Yutaka Abe
Cast
Susumu Fujita as Jiro Nomura Gen Funabashi as Ensign Yoshimura Minoru Takada as 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito Takamaru Sasaki as Captain Aruga Toranosuke Ogawa as Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka Bontarō Miake as Chief army surgeon Yamada
Crew
Minoru Yokoyama — Director of Photography Toshio Goto — Editor Yasushi Akutagawa — Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi — Screenplay Toshio Mochizuki — Producer Katsuzô Shino — Producer
Synopsis

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

Key Collaborators
Yutaka Abe Director Minoru Yokoyama Director of Photography Toshio Goto Editor Yasushi Akutagawa Original Music Composer Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Toshio Mochizuki Producer Katsuzô Shino Producer
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