It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.
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🔍 Search on JustWatch →Momentum is sustained from first scene to last. The director knows how to give the viewer breathing room without losing tension — and that's valuable in the genre.
Watches in one breath. Plot logic is secondary — what matters here is movement and rhythm, and that's all in order.
For genre fans — essential viewing. For those looking for something deeper — possibly not the film.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
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Viewing atmosphere: Evening with friends, volume up. Talking during the film is acceptable.
Masaki Suda
Major Tadashi Kai
Tasuku Emoto
Second Lt. Shojiro Tanaka
Minami Hamabe
Kyoko Ozaki
Tsurube Shofukutei
Kiyoshi Osato
Katsuya Kobayashi
Mineo Osumi
Fumiyo Kohinata
Sekizo Uno
Jun Kunimura
Osami Nagano
Isao Hashizume
Shigetaro Shizuma
Min Tanaka
Tadamichi Hirayama
Hiroshi Tachi
Isoroku Yamamoto
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