Aug 08, 1981
145 min
Full-HD

The Imperial Navy (1981)

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.

Category

War Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Toho Pictures TOHO

Keiju Kobayashi

Isoroku Yamamoto

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Eiichi Hongo

Kenichi Kaneda

Shinji Hongo

Yuko Kotegawa

Yoko Hayase

Kiichi Nakai

Masato Odagiri

Yoshitaka Tanba

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kōji Takahashi

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