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Yamato

Yamato

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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."

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

143 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

17 December 2005

Country

Japan

Cast

Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi

Shohachi Moriwaki

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Mamoru Uchida

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Taeko

Noboru Takachi

Noboru Takachi

Kawazoe

Jun'ichi Haruta

Jun'ichi Haruta

Hisao Koike

Ryô Hashizume

Ryô Hashizume

Yoshiharu Kojima

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryūzō Hayashi

Ryunosuke Kusaka

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Hiroyuki Hirayama

Tamaki

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Tetsuzo Furumura

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

The Chairman

Sosuke Ikematsu

Sosuke Ikematsu

Atsushi

Chavetaro Ishizaki

Chavetaro Ishizaki

Tetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Kazushige Nagashima

Kazushige Nagashima

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Dai Watanabe

Dai Watanabe

Hiromi Sakimoto

Hiromi Sakimoto

Kenta Uchino

Kenta Uchino

Shinobu Terajima

Shinobu Terajima

Kayoko Shiraishi

Kayoko Shiraishi

Jundai Yamada

Jundai Yamada

Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda

Hiroshi Katsuno

Hiroshi Katsuno

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Atsuko Takahata

Atsuko Takahata

Kenji Takaoka

Kenji Takaoka

Shiro Mogi

Takahiro Fujimoto

Takahiro Fujimoto

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