The Battleship Yamato

Name: The Battleship Yamato
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1953-06-15
Duration: 104 min

1h 44m·Drama, War

Directed by Yutaka Abe·1953

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".

DirectorYutaka AbeCinematographyMinoru YokoyamaScreenplayToshio YasumiStudioShintoho Company

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
Susumu FujitaJiro Nomura	Jiro Nomura
GGen FunabashiEnsign Yoshimura	Ensign Yoshimura
Minoru Takada2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito	2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Takamaru SasakiCaptain Aruga	Captain Aruga
Toranosuke OgawaCombined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka	Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
Bontarō MiakeChief army surgeon Yamada	Chief army surgeon Yamada
Ichirō IzawaLieutenant Iwao Usubuchi	Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi
Akihiko KatayamaEnsign Nishida	Ensign Nishida
Tadao TakashimaEnsign Takada	Ensign Takada
YYoshiro KatagiriEnsign Mori	Ensign Mori
Shoji NakayamaNot listed	Not listed
KKenji KawaiEnsign Eguchi	Ensign Eguchi
KKeinosuke WadaEnsign Nakatani	Ensign Nakatani
MMinoru AritaLieutenant Kato	Lieutenant Kato
Hiroshi KondōNot listed	Not listed
Hiroshi OgasawaraEnsign Suzuki	Ensign Suzuki
TTadashi SuganumaOfficer Katahira	Officer Katahira
Tetsu NakamuraNot listed	Not listed
TTeruo WakatsukiNot listed	Not listed
IIkkō ŌkuniVeteran	Veteran
EEisuke SakauchiNot listed	Not listed
EEizaburô SakauchiNot listed	Not listed
Kyōzō FuyukiNot listed	Not listed
MMichisaburō SegawaNot listed	Not listed
MMasao TakamatsuNot listed	Not listed
TTatsuhiro OkaNot listed	Not listed
FFumindo MatsuoNot listed	Not listed
HHiroshi AyukawaNot listed	Not listed
YYōji MisakiNot listed	Not listed
FFumio HaraNot listed	Not listed