| The Great War of Archimedes | |
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| Original title | アルキメデスの大戦 |
| Directed by | Takashi Yamazaki |
| Written by | Takashi Yamazaki |
| Produced by | Shūji Abe |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Hitoshi Kubota |
| Cinematography | Kōzō Shibasaki |
| Edited by | Ryûji Miyajima |
| Music by | Naoki Satō |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.93 billion ($17.7 million)[1] |
The Great War of Archimedes (アルキメデスの大戦, Arukimedesu no taisen) is a 2019 Japanese historical film directed and written by Takashi Yamazaki. Concerning the building of the battleship Yamato, the film is based on a manga by Norifusa Mita. It is a fictionalized telling of the political maneuvers, specifically pertaining to budget and cost issues, that led to the decision to build the Yamato. The film was dubbed into various languages and distributed worldwide.