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Admiral Yamamoto

Original title: Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku
  • 1968
  • 2h 11m
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6.7/10
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Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
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A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he... Read allA biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given.A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given.

  • Director
    • Seiji Maruyama
  • Writers
    • Shinobu Hashimoto
    • Seiji Maruyama
    • Katsuya Susaki
  • Stars
    • Toshirô Mifune
    • Yûzô Kayama
    • Yôko Tsukasa
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    237
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    • Director
      • Seiji Maruyama
    • Writers
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
      • Seiji Maruyama
      • Katsuya Susaki
    • Stars
      • Toshirô Mifune
      • Yûzô Kayama
      • Yôko Tsukasa
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Toshirô Mifune
    Toshirô Mifune
    • Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
    Yûzô Kayama
    Yûzô Kayama
    • First Lieutenant Ijuin
    Yôko Tsukasa
    Yôko Tsukasa
    • Sumie Kimura
    Toshio Kurosawa
    • 1st Lt. Kimura
    Makoto Satô
    Makoto Satô
    • Genda
    Daisuke Katô
    Daisuke Katô
    • Chief of Press Section
    Masayuki Mori
    Masayuki Mori
    • Prime Minister Konoe
    Wakako Sakai
    • Tomoko Yakuki
    Kôshirô Matsumoto
    • Minister Yoneuchi
    Kenjirô Ishiyama
    Kenjirô Ishiyama
    • Cmdr. Momotake
    Masao Shimizu
    Masao Shimizu
    • Kurita
    Eijirô Yanagi
    Eijirô Yanagi
    • Nagano
    Seiji Miyaguchi
    Seiji Miyaguchi
    • Ito
    Susumu Fujita
    Susumu Fujita
    • Kurita
    Fuyuki Murakami
    • Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni
    Kazuo Nakaya
    • Staff Officer Tsuji
    Ryûtarô Tatsumi
    • Boatman Kitaro
    • (as Ryutaro Tatsumi)
    Yoshio Inaba
    Yoshio Inaba
    • Chief of Staff Ugaki
    • Director
      • Seiji Maruyama
    • Writers
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
      • Seiji Maruyama
      • Katsuya Susaki
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    • Goofs
      The Japanese Zero fighters at the battle of Midway are painted green. During 1942, all Zeroes of the Japanese navy were painted white. It was not until 1943 that they would be painted green.
    • Connections
      Edited from I Bombed Pearl Harbor (1960)

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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Amiralul Yamamoto
    • Filming locations
      • Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Toho
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    • Budget
      • ¥100,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 11m(131 min)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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