The Battleship Yamato
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".
Top Billed Cast
Susumu Fujita
Jiro Nomura
Gen Funabashi
Ensign Yoshimura
Minoru Takada
2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief Ito
Takamaru Sasaki
Captain Aruga
Toranosuke Ogawa
Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Kusaka
Featured Crew
Toshio Goto
Editor
Munehide Tanabe
Executive Producer
Katsuzô Shino
Producer
Toshio Mochizuki
Producer
Mitsuru Yoshida
Original Story
Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Minoru Yokoyama
Director of Photography
Ko Fujibayashi
Lighting Technician
Masakazu Kamiya
Sound Recordist
Seigo Shindo
Art Direction
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Yutaka Abe
Director