The Battleship Yamato

Name: The Battleship Yamato
Director: Yutaka Abe
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1953-06-15
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Gen Funabashi, Minoru Takada, Takamaru Sasaki, Toranosuke Ogawa

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1953 · 104 min · Drama · War

Overview

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".

Directed by Yutaka Abe

Cast

Susumu Fujita — Jiro Nomura
Gen Funabashi — Ensign Yoshimura
Minoru Takada — 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Takamaru Sasaki — Captain Aruga
Toranosuke Ogawa — Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka