The Battleship Yamato
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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".
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Cast
45 people
Susumu Fujita
Jiro Nomura
Known for
The Hidden Fortress
Sanshiro Sugata
Gen Funabashi
Ensign Yoshimura
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Toshio Yasumi
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yutaka Abe
Known for
The Cheat
Toshio Mochizuki
Minoru Takada
2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Known for
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Battle in Outer Space
Katsuzô Shino
Minoru Yokoyama
Takamaru Sasaki
Captain Aruga
Known for
Throne of Blood
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Toshio Gotô
Toranosuke Ogawa
Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
Known for
Godzilla
Seven Samurai
Yutaka Abe Director · Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Mitsuru Yoshida Story
First release June 15, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Production
Shintoho Company
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Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Production
Japan
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Original title
戰艦大和
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 15, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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