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Otoko-tachi no Yamato

Otoko-tachi no Yamato

2005Movie⏱️ 2h 25m
DramaHistoryWar
6.4
IMDB Rating
2,561 votes

The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII.

Director
Jun'ya Satô
Writers
Jun Henmi, Jun'ya Satô
Stars
Takashi Sorimachi, Shidô Nakamura, Kyôka Suzuki
Release Date
December 17, 2005
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 6
Wins
🎯 7
Nominations
💬 35
Reviews
📋 3.5K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Takashi Sorimachi
Takashi Sorimachi
as Shohachi Moriwaki
Shidô Nakamura
Shidô Nakamura
as Mamoru Uchida
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Kyôka Suzuki
as Makiko Uchida
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
as Katsumi Kamio (15 years old)
Yû Aoi
Yû Aoi
as Taeko
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Dai Watanabe
as Toshio Date
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Kenta Uchino
as Tetsuya Nishi
Hiromi Sakimoto
Hiromi Sakimoto
as Sumio Tsuneta
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Ryô Hashizume
as Yoshiharu Kojima
Sôsuke Ikematsu
Sôsuke Ikematsu
as Atsushi

💰 Box Office

$39,287,114
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Production
Asahi Shimbun, Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima Home TV

🏷️ Keywords

imperial japanworld war twojapanjapanese historyjapanese navy

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

with world attention, but not for foreign audience
by settledown2006-09-02
6/10

"This is not the first time that I saw the sunk of Yamoto in Nippon movie. The precedent movie are "Rengo kantai" (1981), or additionally, some movie relative with Nippon naviation or 'Zero' fighter. With its poor battle result, the Yamoto was not more than a symbol of power, which main function was to satisfy people's adoration need, similar with the enthusiasm to sumotori of Japanese. Though it praised the braveness of soldiers, it can't bear comparison with "Sink the Bismarck" (1960), in which the defeated Germany wined British's respect (It&apo..."

💡 Did You Know?

Part of the foredeck and port side of the Yamato were reconstructed to full scale for the exterior scenes. As the Japan Building Standards Act interfered with re-creating the ship's entire superstructure, images of a one-tenth scale model of the Yamato at its namesake museum in Kure were used in post-production.

📖 Synopsis

The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII.