Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

2011 2h 15m JA

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★6.4TMDB · 44

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Synopsis

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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US history it wouldn’t have happened if the Japanese government had listened to Yamamoto in 1939 and searched for a more peaceful way to end their war campaign, proving his many ominous presages of the outcomes of the attack to come true.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Koji Yakusho
Isoroku Yamamoto
Hiroshi Abe
Yamaguchi Tamon
Akira Emoto
Yoneuchi
Hiroshi Tamaki
Toshikazu Shindo
Teruyuki Kagawa
Keikiyoshi Munakata
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Hori
Nobuko Miyamoto
Yamamoto's mother
Toshiro Yanagiba
Shigeyoshi Inoue

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Izuru Narushima
Writers: Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Released 15 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Izuru Narushima, shot by Takahide Shibanushi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Koji Yakusho and Hiroshi Abe and Akira Emoto carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1932695 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Izuru Narushima directs. Takahide Shibanushi behind the camera. Taro Iwashiro scores. Hirohide Abe cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Released 15 years ago.
2Directed by Izuru Narushima, shot by Takahide Shibanushi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hirohide Abe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Koji Yakusho and Hiroshi Abe and Akira Emoto carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1932695 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.