Schindler's List
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Film / 1968
Admiral Yamamoto
Directed by
Seiji Maruyama
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Toshirō MifuneAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yūzō KayamaFirst Lieutenant Ijuin
Yōko TsukasaSumie Kimura
Toshio Kurosawa1st Lt. Kimura
Makoto SatōGenda
Daisuke KatōChief of Press Section
Kenji SaharaFirst Officer of Information Section
Ryūtarō TatsumiBoatman Kitaro
Yasuo ArakiYukichi Eto
Masayuki MoriPrime Minister Konoe
Wakako SakaiTomoko Yakuki
Matsumoto Hakuō IIMinister Yoneuchi
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Kenjirō IshiyamaCmdr. Momotake
Susumu FujitaKurita
Yoshio TsuchiyaStaff Officer Kuroshima
Akihiko HirataStaff Officer Watanabe
Haruo NakajimaStaff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul
Masao ShimizuKurita
Eijirō YanagiNagano
Seiji MiyaguchiIto
Fuyuki MurakamiAir Force Cmdr. Iwakuni
Yoshio InabaChief of Staff Ugaki
Masaaki TachibanaStaff Officer Arima
Yū FujikiStaff Officer Fujii
Yoshibumi TajimaStaff Officer Sasaki
Jun'ichirō MukaiFukutome
Tadashi OkabeTomioka
Ryuji KitaMinister of the Navy Oikawa
Masao ImafukuMinister of the Army Hata
Tōru AbeChief of Staff Soka
Hisaya ItoNavigation Staff Officer
Naoya KusakawaStaff Officer
Rinsaku OgataCapt. Hayakawa
Akira Kubo1st Lt. Takano
Ryo TamuraSub-Lt. Mikami
Tatsuyoshi EharaSub-Lt. Morisaki
Hiroyuki ÔtaNogami
Tōru IbukiArmy Staff Major
Susumu KurobeArmy Staff Major
Yasuhisa TsutsumiJiro Suzuki
Masaki ShinoharaFisherman
Kōji UrukiChief of Staff (Guadalcanal)
Ichirō NakataniStaff Officer Tsuji
Yutaka SadaHometown native
Chūzaburō WakamiyaHometown native
Yoshiko ToyouraGeisha
Shinsuke AchiwaOmori
Koji IwamotoArmy Captain
Matsumoto Hakuō IMitsumasa Yonai
Ken'ichirō MaruyamaCryptographer
Haruya SakamotoChief of Staff (Nagato)
Nadao KirinoCommunications Staff Officer
Ban KojikaOrderly Omi
Yutaka OkaFlight Chief (Akagi)
Kuniyoshi KashimaNavigation Officer (Akagi)
Sachio SakaiHelmsman (Akagi)
Yasuhiko SaijōChief Petty Officer Yoneyama
Gen ShimizuKizo Amimoto
Kazuo HinataFisherman
Yukihiko GondōFisherman
Hideo ShibuyaArmy Officer
Shuichi IkedaPetty Officer Honda
Takamaru SasakiImamura
Toru KoyanagiIssui Shirai
Jun FunatoPilot
Tatsuya NakadaiNarrator (voice)
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