The Imperial Navy

The Imperial Navy
2h 25min

War

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Toho Pictures

TOHO

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

Release date

8th Aug 1981

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語