The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy

1981•2h 25m•6.4/10

WarDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(14)

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

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Production

Toho Pictures, TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Isoroku Yamamoto

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Eiichi Hongo

Kenichi Kaneda

Kenichi Kaneda

Shinji Hongo

Yuko Kotegawa

Yuko Kotegawa

Yoko Hayase

Kiichi Nakai

Kiichi Nakai

Masato Odagiri

Yoshitaka Tanba

Yoshitaka Tanba

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kōji Takahashi

Kōji Takahashi

Ichirō Zaitsu

Ichirō Zaitsu

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Ichirō Nakatani

Ichirō Nakatani

Takuya Fujioka

Takuya Fujioka

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Shigeru Kōyama

Shigeru Kōyama

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Nobuo Kaneko

Nobuo Kaneko

Chuichi Nagumo

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Navy Minister Oikawa

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