The Battleship Yamato

The Battleship Yamato

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  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 15, 1953

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama, War

Original Title

戰艦大和

Production Companies

Shintoho Company

Director

Yutaka Abe

Description

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".