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The Great War of Archimedes

The Great War of Archimedes

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 26, 2019

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

War, Action, Mystery, Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

アルキメデスの大戦

Production Companies

Robot Communications, TOHO, Abe Shuji, The Asahi Shimbun, Culture Entertainment, dentsu, GYAO, Hikari TV, Jiji Press, KDDI, Kinoshita Group, Kodansha, Lawson, Mainichi Newspapers, Nippon Broadcasting System, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shirogumi, Tokyu Agency, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Revenue

$16,454,674

Description

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.