Yamato

Yamato

143 mins | War, History | Dec. 17, 2005

Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."

Yamato

143 mins | War, History | Dec. 17, 2005

Yamato
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Kadokawa Pictures
Original title 男たちの大和／YAMATO
Directors Jun'ya Satô
Writers Jun Henmi, Jun'ya Satô

Cast

Takashi Sorimachi

as Shohachi Moriwaki

Shidô Nakamura

as Mamoru Uchida

Yu Aoi

as Taeko

Noboru Takachi

as Kawazoe

Jun'ichi Haruta

as Hisao Koike

Ryô Hashizume

as Yoshiharu Kojima

Ryūzō Hayashi

as Ryunosuke Kusaka

Hiroyuki Hirayama

as Tamaki

Hirotaro Honda

as Tetsuzo Furumura

Hisashi Igawa

as The Chairman

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Atsushi

Kenji Takaoka

as Shiro Mogi