The Imperial Navy

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The Imperial Navy

1981

2h 25m

6.3(13 votes)

War

Drama

Overview

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.

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85 members

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小林桂樹

Isoroku Yamamoto

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永島敏行

Eiichi Hongo

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金田賢一

Shinji Hongo

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古手川祐子

Yoko Hayase

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中井貴一

Masato Odagiri

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丹波義隆

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三橋達也

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高橋幸治

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財津一郎

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長門裕之

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中谷一郎

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藤岡琢也

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佐藤慶

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神山繁

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小沢栄太郎

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金子信雄

Chuichi Nagumo

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佐藤允

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安部徹

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田崎潤

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藤田進

Navy Minister Oikawa

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丹波哲郎

Jisaburo Ozawa

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奈良岡朋子

Utako Hongo

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松尾嘉代

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友里千賀子

Teruyo Odagiri

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Mitsuyo Kawashima

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Sayaka Ono

Miyo Odagiri

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橋本功

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なべおさみ

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織本順吉

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南道郎

Kameto Kuroshima

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近藤宏

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長谷川弘

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石田茂樹

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伊藤敏孝

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今西正男

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加地健太郎

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浜田寅彦

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中山昭二

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平田昭彦

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富田浩太郎

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伊吹徹

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Akiyoshi Kitaura

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田辺宏章

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佐久田脩

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川部修詩

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加藤茂雄

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Koichi Endo

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Isao Takanami

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大林丈史

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細川純一

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Bunji Hayata

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六本木誠人

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Hirokazu Takeda

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Akira Nagatsuma

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Tetsuo Hidaka

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Yuuhei Kurachi

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Masaharu Kasuya

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Fujio Miyagawa

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Tadayoshi Tokutake

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Satoshi Hasegawa

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Saburo Nagano

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Koji Fujii

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真実一路

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Mitsuru Sawa

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Shûji Kagawa

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Yoshiaki Taniguchi

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Saiki Masuda

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Tatsuaki Kaneko

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Ichiro Omura

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Hisashi Hayase

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Kenyu Shimizu

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薩摩剣八郎

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Takeshi Ikeda

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Tadao Uchida

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Eiji Karasawa

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Isamu Kurosaki

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Junkyu Moriyama

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Koji Tomita

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Seiji Nagano

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Yuji Kumagai

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Kenji Yasuda

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Akira Okura

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Junnosuke Hiramitsu

Narration (voice)

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鶴田浩二

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森繁久彌

Naoki Hongo

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