Yamato (2005)
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
145 min
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."
- Release date
- December 17, 2005
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Takashi Sorimachi as Shohachi Moriwaki
- Shidô Nakamura as Mamoru Uchida
- Yû Aoi as Taeko
- Noboru Takachi as Kawazoe
- Jun'ichi Haruta as Hisao Koike
- Ryô Hashizume as Yoshiharu Kojima
- Ryûzô Hayashi as Ryunosuke Kusaka
- Hiroyuki Hirayama as Tamaki
- Hirotarō Honda as Tetsuzo Furumura
- Hisashi Igawa as The Chairman
- Sôsuke Ikematsu as Atsushi
- Tetsuya Watari
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Kyôka Suzuki as Makiko Uchida
- Kazushige Nagashima
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Katsumi Kamio (15 years old)
- Dai Watanabe as Toshio Date
- Hiromi Sakimoto as Sumio Tsuneta
- Kenta Uchino as Tetsuya Nishi
- Shinobu Terajima
- Kayoko Shiraishi
- Jundai Yamada
- Eiji Okuda
- Hiroshi Katsuno
- Kimiko Yo
- Atsuko Takahata
- Kenji Takaoka as Shiro Mogi
Crew
- Jun'ya Satō · Director
- Jun Henmi · Writer
- Jun'ya Satō · Writer
- Haruki Kadokawa · Producer
- Noriko Koyanagi · Producer
- Joe Hisaishi · Composer
- Yoshitaka Sakamoto · Cinematographer
- Takeo Yoneda · Editor
- Yasuhiro Fukuoka · Casting director