The Battleship Yamato

Original title: 戰艦大和

Duration: 104 min

Release date: 1953-06-15

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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".

Drama War

戰艦大和

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as Ensign Yoshimura

as 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

as Captain Aruga

Toranosuke Ogawa

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka

as Chief army surgeon Yamada

as Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi

Akihiko Katayama

Akihiko Katayama

as Ensign Nishida

Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

as Ensign Takada

Yoshiro Katagiri

Yoshiro Katagiri

as Ensign Eguchi

as Ensign Nakatani

as Lieutenant Kato

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Hiroshi Ogasawara

as Ensign Suzuki

Tadashi Suganuma

Tadashi Suganuma

as Officer Katahira

Teruo Wakatsuki

Teruo Wakatsuki

Eisuke Sakauchi

Eisuke Sakauchi

Eizaburô Sakauchi

Eizaburô Sakauchi

Michisaburō Segawa

Michisaburō Segawa

Masao Takamatsu

Masao Takamatsu

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Hiroshi Ayukawa

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Mitsuru Yoshida

Mitsuru Yoshida

Masakazu Kamiya

Masakazu Kamiya

Sound Recordist

Toshio Mochizuki

Toshio Mochizuki

Minoru Yokoyama

Minoru Yokoyama

Director of Photography

Keinosuke Tsuchiya

Keinosuke Tsuchiya

Assistant Director

Yasushi Akutagawa

Yasushi Akutagawa

Original Music Composer

Assistant Director

Munehide Tanabe

Munehide Tanabe

Executive Producer

Lighting Technician

Assistant Director

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