Admiral Yamamoto
·
1968
·2h 10min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
8/14/1968
Runtime
2h 10min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
TOHO
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yūzō Kayama
First Lieutenant Ijuin
Yōko Tsukasa
Sumie Kimura
Toshio Kurosawa
1st Lt. Kimura
Makoto Satō
Genda
Daisuke Katō
Chief of Press Section
Kenji Sahara
First Officer of Information Section
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Boatman Kitaro
Yasuo Araki
Yukichi Eto
Masayuki Mori
Prime Minister Konoe
Wakako Sakai
Tomoko Yakuki
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Minister Yoneuchi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Cmdr. Momotake
Susumu Fujita
Kurita
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Staff Officer Kuroshima
Akihiko Hirata
Staff Officer Watanabe
Haruo Nakajima
Staff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul
Masao Shimizu
Kurita
Eijirō Yanagi
Nagano
Seiji Miyaguchi
Ito
Fuyuki Murakami
Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni
Yoshio Inaba
Chief of Staff Ugaki
Masaaki Tachibana
Staff Officer Arima
Yū Fujiki
Staff Officer Fujii
Yoshibumi Tajima
Staff Officer Sasaki
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Fukutome
Tadashi Okabe
Tomioka
Ryuji Kita
Minister of the Navy Oikawa
Masao Imafuku
Minister of the Army Hata
Tōru Abe
Chief of Staff Soka
Hisaya Ito
Navigation Staff Officer
Naoya Kusakawa
Staff Officer
Rinsaku Ogata
Capt. Hayakawa
Akira Kubo
1st Lt. Takano
Ryo Tamura
Sub-Lt. Mikami
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Sub-Lt. Morisaki
Hiroyuki Ôta
Nogami
Tōru Ibuki
Army Staff Major
Susumu Kurobe
Army Staff Major
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Jiro Suzuki
Masaki Shinohara
Fisherman
Kōji Uruki
Chief of Staff (Guadalcanal)
Ichirō Nakatani
Staff Officer Tsuji
Yutaka Sada
Hometown native
Chūzaburō Wakamiya
Hometown native
Yoshiko Toyoura
Geisha
Shinsuke Achiwa
Omori
Koji Iwamoto
Army Captain
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Mitsumasa Yonai
Ken'ichirō Maruyama
Cryptographer
Haruya Sakamoto
Chief of Staff (Nagato)
Nadao Kirino
Communications Staff Officer
Ban Kojika
Orderly Omi
Yutaka Oka
Flight Chief (Akagi)
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Navigation Officer (Akagi)
Sachio Sakai
Helmsman (Akagi)
Yasuhiko Saijō
Chief Petty Officer Yoneyama
Gen Shimizu
Kizo Amimoto
Kazuo Hinata
Fisherman
Yukihiko Gondō
Fisherman
Hideo Shibuya
Army Officer
Shuichi Ikeda
Petty Officer Honda
Takamaru Sasaki
Imamura
Toru Koyanagi
Issui Shirai
Jun Funato
Pilot
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator (voice)
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