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Directed by | Junya Satō |
Written by | Junya Satō Jun Henmi (Novel) |
Produced by | Noriko Koyanagi Haruki Kadokawa |
Starring | Takashi Sorimachi Nakamura Shidō II Yū Aoi Kenichi Matsuyama Junichi Haruta Kyōka Suzuki Eiji Okuda Tetsuya Watari Tatsuya Nakadai |
Cinematography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto |
Edited by | Takerō Yoneda |
Music by | Joe Hisaishi |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Budget | ¥2.5 billion |
Box office | ¥5.11 billion |
Yamato (男たちの大和, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, literally "The Men's Yamato") is a 2005 Japanese war film. It was directed by Junya Satō and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato, concentrating on the ship's demise during Operation Ten-Go.