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The Battleship Yamato (1953)

NR | Jun 15, 1953 (JP) | Drama, War | 01:44

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".

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Director of Photography
Assistant Director
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Susumu Fujita
Jiro Nomura
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Gen Funabashi
Ensign Yoshimura
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Minoru Takada
2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
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Takamaru Sasaki
Captain Aruga
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Toranosuke Ogawa
Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
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Bontarō Miake
Chief army surgeon Yamada
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Ichirō Izawa
Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi
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Akihiko Katayama
Ensign Nishida
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Tadao Takashima
Ensign Takada
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Yoshiro Katagiri
Ensign Mori

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