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The Imperial Navy 1981 Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi 連合艦隊

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Drama , War
Production Companies TOHO , Toho Pictures
Revenue $12,000,000
Release Date 8 August 1981
145 mins
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
Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba Jisaburo Ozawa
Tomoko Naraoka
Tomoko Naraoka Utako Hongo
Kayo Matsuo
Kayo Matsuo
Chikako Yuri
Chikako Yuri Teruyo Odagiri
Mitsuyo Kawashima
Mitsuyo Kawashima
Sayaka Ono
Sayaka Ono Miyo Odagiri
Isao Hashimoto
Isao Hashimoto
Osami Nabe
Osami Nabe
Junkichi Orimoto
Junkichi Orimoto
Michirō Minami
Michirō Minami Kameto Kuroshima
Hiroshi Kondō
Hiroshi Kondō
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Shigeki Ishida
Shigeki Ishida
Toshitaka Itō
Toshitaka Itō
Masao Imanishi
Masao Imanishi
Kentarô Kaji
Kentarô Kaji
Torahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
Shoji Nakayama
Shoji Nakayama
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
Kotaro Tomita
Kotaro Tomita
Tōru Ibuki
Tōru Ibuki
Akiyoshi Kitaura
Akiyoshi Kitaura
Hiroaki Tanabe
Hiroaki Tanabe
Osamu Sakuta
Osamu Sakuta
Shūji Kawabe
Shūji Kawabe
Shigeo Katō
Shigeo Katō
Koichi Endo
Koichi Endo
Isao Takanami
Isao Takanami
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Takeshi Ōbayashi
Junichi Hosokawa
Junichi Hosokawa
Bunji Hayata
Bunji Hayata
Shin Roppongi
Shin Roppongi
Hirokazu Takeda
Hirokazu Takeda
Akira Nagatsuma
Akira Nagatsuma
Tetsuo Hidaka
Tetsuo Hidaka
Yuuhei Kurachi
Yuuhei Kurachi
Masaharu Kasuya
Masaharu Kasuya
Fujio Miyagawa
Fujio Miyagawa
Tadayoshi Tokutake
Tadayoshi Tokutake
Satoshi Hasegawa
Satoshi Hasegawa
Saburo Nagano
Saburo Nagano
Koji Fujii
Koji Fujii
Ichiro Shinjitsu
Ichiro Shinjitsu
Mitsuru Sawa
Mitsuru Sawa
Shûji Kagawa
Shûji Kagawa
Yoshiaki Taniguchi
Yoshiaki Taniguchi
Saiki Masuda
Saiki Masuda
Tatsuaki Kaneko
Tatsuaki Kaneko
Ichiro Omura
Ichiro Omura
Hisashi Hayase
Hisashi Hayase
Kenyu Shimizu
Kenyu Shimizu
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Kenpachirō Satsuma
Takeshi Ikeda
Takeshi Ikeda
Tadao Uchida
Tadao Uchida
Eiji Karasawa
Eiji Karasawa
Isamu Kurosaki
Isamu Kurosaki
Junkyu Moriyama
Junkyu Moriyama
Koji Tomita
Koji Tomita
Seiji Nagano
Seiji Nagano
Yuji Kumagai
Yuji Kumagai
Kenji Yasuda
Kenji Yasuda
Akira Okura
Akira Okura
Junnosuke Hiramitsu
Junnosuke Hiramitsu Narration (voice)
Koji Tsuruta
Koji Tsuruta
Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige Naoki Hongo
Crew
Director
Shūe Matsubayashi
Shūe Matsubayashi
Writer
Katsuya Susaki
Katsuya Susaki
Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Yudai Kato
Yudai Kato
Composers
Katsuhisa Hattori
Katsuhisa Hattori
Shinji Tanimura
Shinji Tanimura
Editor
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Art Direction
Iwao Akune
Iwao Akune
Lighting
Shinji Kojima
Shinji Kojima
Assistant Director
Ippei Imamura
Ippei Imamura