Yamato (2005)

  • NR
  • 12/17/2005 (US)
  • War, History
  • 2h 23m

Overview

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."

Junya Satō

Director, Screenplay

Jun Henmi

Novel

Cast

Takashi Sorimachi's headshot

Takashi Sorimachi

Shohachi Moriwaki
Shido Nakamura's headshot

Shido Nakamura

Mamoru Uchida
Yu Aoi's headshot

Yu Aoi

Taeko
Noboru Takachi's headshot

Noboru Takachi

Kawazoe
Jun'ichi Haruta's headshot

Jun'ichi Haruta

Hisao Koike
Ryô Hashizume's headshot

Ryô Hashizume

Yoshiharu Kojima
Ryūzō Hayashi's headshot

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryunosuke Kusaka
Hiroyuki Hirayama's headshot

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Tamaki

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