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Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
Directed by Seiji Maruyama
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As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Length 130 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Yûzô Kayama | Yôko Tsukasa | Toshio Kurosawa | Makoto Satō | Daisuke Katô | Masayuki Mori | Wakako Sakai | Kôshirô Matsumoto | Kenjiro Ishiyama | Susumu Fujita | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Akihiko Hirata | Kenji Sahara | Tatsuya Nakadai | Haruo Nakajima | Masao Shimizu | Eijirô Yanagi | Seiji Miyaguchi | Fuyuki Murakami | Ryutaro Tatsumi | Yoshio Inaba | Masaaki Tachibana | Yû Fujiki | Yoshifumi Tajima | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Tadashi Okabe | Ryuji Kita | Masao Imafuku | Tôru Abe | Hisaya Ito | Naoya Kusakawa | Rinsaku Ogata | Akira Kubo | Ryô Tamura | Tatsuyoshi Ehara | Hiroyuki Ôta | Tôru Ibuki | Susumu Kurobe | Masaki Shinohara | Kôji Uruki | Ichirô Nakatani | Yutaka Sada
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/07/2018 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is almost a remake of STORM OVER THE PACIFIC which I watched right before this movie. Even some of the battle scenes seems to be the same / taken from that film, which would make sense (Tsuburaya did so well why not repurpose them). However, this film continues after Midway whereas that previous film concluded after that battle.
Also Mifune was a fleet commander in that earlier film and here he is Admiral Yamamoto. Akihiko Hirata is back in a promoted role as well. Even Makoto Satō got a promotion here!
Really good film that follows Yamamoto from before the war and his reluctance to get involved but does so with the planning of the Pearl Harbor attack. After the defeat at Midway, he returns with his Battleship Yamato to rescue the remaining soldiers at the Guadalcanal Campaign. Then he decides to travel to the frontline and is subsequently killed on his flight. Mifune is great in the role.
The use of previous footage makes sense (assuming they did in fact use the older footage) since they had to create the Yamato and other battles for this movie.
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