The Battleship Yamato (1953)

Genre : Drama, War, Drama, War

Runtime : 1H 44M

Director : Yutaka Abe
Writer : Toshio Yasumi

Synopsis

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".

Actors

Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita
Jiro Nomura
Gen Funabashi
Gen Funabashi
Ensign Yoshimura
Minoru Takada
Minoru Takada
2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Takamaru Sasaki
Takamaru Sasaki
Captain Aruga
Toranosuke Ogawa
Toranosuke Ogawa
Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
Bontarō Miake
Bontarō Miake
Chief army surgeon Yamada
Ichirō Izawa
Ichirō Izawa
Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi
Akihiko Katayama
Akihiko Katayama
Ensign Nishida
Tadao Takashima
Tadao Takashima
Ensign Takada
Yoshiro Katagiri
Yoshiro Katagiri
Ensign Mori
Shoji Nakayama
Shoji Nakayama
Kenji Kawai
Kenji Kawai
Ensign Eguchi
Keinosuke Wada
Keinosuke Wada
Ensign Nakatani
Minoru Arita
Minoru Arita
Lieutenant Kato
Hiroshi Kondô
Hiroshi Kondô
Hiroshi Ogasawara
Hiroshi Ogasawara
Ensign Suzuki
Tadashi Suganuma
Tadashi Suganuma
Officer Katahira
Tetsu Nakamura
Tetsu Nakamura
Teruo Wakatsuki
Teruo Wakatsuki
Ichirô Okuni
Ichirô Okuni
Veteran
Eisuke Sakauchi
Eisuke Sakauchi
Eizaburô Sakauchi
Eizaburô Sakauchi
Kyōzo Fuyuki
Kyōzo Fuyuki
Michisaburo Segawa
Michisaburo Segawa
Masao Takamatsu
Masao Takamatsu
Tatsuhiro Oka
Tatsuhiro Oka
Fumindo Matsuo
Fumindo Matsuo
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Yōji Misaki
Yōji Misaki
Fumio Hara
Fumio Hara

Crews

Munehide Tanabe
Munehide Tanabe
Executive Producer
Katsuzô Shino
Katsuzô Shino
Producer
Toshio Mochizuki
Toshio Mochizuki
Producer
Mitsuru Yoshida
Mitsuru Yoshida
Original Story
Toshio Yasumi
Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Minoru Yokoyama
Minoru Yokoyama
Director of Photography
Ko Fujibayashi
Ko Fujibayashi
Lighting Technician
Masakazu Kamiya
Masakazu Kamiya
Sound Recordist
Seigo Shindo
Seigo Shindo
Art Direction
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Toshio Gotô
Toshio Gotô
Editor
Yutaka Abe
Yutaka Abe
Director
Kiyoshi Komori
Kiyoshi Komori
Assistant Director
Keinosuke Tsuchiya
Keinosuke Tsuchiya
Assistant Director
Michiyoshi Doi
Michiyoshi Doi
Assistant Director