War ·Action ·Mystery ·Drama · Japan · 2019 · 2h 10m

The Great War of Archimedes

アルキメデスの大戦

The Great War of Archimedes poster
Director
Takashi Yamazaki
Cast
Masaki Suda as Major Tadashi Kai Tasuku Emoto as Second Lt. Shojiro Tanaka Minami Hamabe as Kyoko Ozaki Tsurube Shofukutei as Kiyoshi Osato Katsuya Kobayashi as Mineo Osumi Fumiyo Kohinata as Sekizo Uno
Crew
Kōzō Shibazaki — Director of Photography Ryuji Miyajima — Editor Naoki Sato — Original Music Composer Takashi Yamazaki — Screenplay Norifusa Mita — Novel Yoshihiro Sato — Producer
Synopsis

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.

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Mood & Themes
japannavybattleshipshouwa period1930snaval battleshipgreat warshōwa era (1926-89)
Key Collaborators
Takashi Yamazaki Director Kōzō Shibazaki Director of Photography Ryuji Miyajima Editor Naoki Sato Original Music Composer Takashi Yamazaki Screenplay Norifusa Mita Novel Yoshihiro Sato Producer Keichiiro Moriya Producer Anri Jojo Production Design
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