Admiral Yamamoto

Admiral Yamamoto

130 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 14, 1968

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.

Admiral Yamamoto

130 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 14, 1968

Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六
Directors Seiji Maruyama
Writers Seiji Maruyama, Katsuya Susaki, Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Yûzô Kayama

as First Lieutenant Ijuin

Yôko Tsukasa

as Sumie Kimura

Toshio Kurosawa

as 1st Lt. Kimura

Makoto Satō

as Genda

Daisuke Katō

as Chief of Press Section

Masayuki Mori

as Prime Minister Konoe

Wakako Sakai

as Tomoko Yakuki

Kōshirō Matsumoto

as Minister Yoneuchi

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Cmdr. Momotake

Susumu Fujita

as Kurita

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Staff Officer Kuroshima

Akihiko Hirata

as Staff Officer Watanabe

Kenji Sahara

as First Officer of Information Section

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Narrator (voice)

Haruo Nakajima

as Staff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul

Masao Shimizu

as Kurita

Eijirō Yanagi

as Nagano

Fuyuki Murakami

as Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni

Ryutaro Tatsumi

as Boatman Kitaro

Yoshio Inaba

as Chief of Staff Ugaki

Masaaki Tachibana

as Staff Officer Arima

Yū Fujiki

as Staff Officer Fujii

Yoshifumi Tajima

as (uncredited)

Jun'ichirō Mukai

as Fukutome

Tadashi Okabe

as Tomioka

Ryuji Kita

as Minister of the Navy Oikawa

Masao Imafuku

as Minister of the Army Hata

Tōru Abe

as Chief of Staff Soka

Hisaya Itô

as (uncredited)

Naoya Kusakawa

as (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

as Capt. Hayakawa

Akira Kubo

as 1st Lt. Takano

Ryō Tamura

as Sub-Lt. Mikami

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Sub-Lt. Morisaki

Hiroyuki Ôta

as Ohmori

Tôru Ibuki

as Nogami

Susumu Kurobe

as (uncredited)

Masaki Shinohara

as (uncredited)

Kōji Uruki

as (uncredited)

Ichirô Nakatani

as (uncredited)

Yutaka Sada

as (uncredited)