The Battleship Yamato

The Battleship Yamato

104 mins | Drama, War | June 15, 1953

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".

The Battleship Yamato

104 mins | Drama, War | June 15, 1953

The Battleship Yamato
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".
Producers Shintoho Company
Original title 戰艦大和
Directors Keinosuke Tsuchiya, Kiyoshi Komori, Michiyoshi Doi, Yutaka Abe
Writers Mitsuru Yoshida, Toshio Yasumi

Cast

Susumu Fujita

as Jiro Nomura

Gen Funabashi

as Ensign Yoshimura

Minoru Takada

as 2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito

Takamaru Sasaki

as Captain Aruga

Toranosuke Ogawa

as Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka

Bontarō Miake

as Chief army surgeon Yamada

Ichirō Izawa

as Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi

Akihiko Katayama

as Ensign Nishida

Tadao Takashima

as Ensign Takada

Yoshiro Katagiri

as Ensign Mori

Kenji Kawai

as Ensign Eguchi

Keinosuke Wada

as Ensign Nakatani

Minoru Arita

as Lieutenant Kato

Hiroshi Ogasawara

as Ensign Suzuki

Tadashi Suganuma

as Officer Katahira

Ichirô Okuni

as Veteran