Be Forever Yamato

1980 2h 25m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 11

AnimationDramaScience FictionAction

Synopsis

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The Black Nebula Empire attacks Earth and threatens to blow up the planet with a bomb they placed on Earth if counter attacked. Earths hopes rest on the Yamato crew as they go to the Black Nebula Planet and try to find a way to difuse the bomb before it's too late.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kei Tomiyama
Susumu Kodai (voice)
Shūsei Nakamura
Daisuke Shima (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Shirou Sanada (voice)
Keiko Han
Sasha Kodai (voice)
Yoko Asagami
Yuki Mori (voice)
Shinji Nomura
Yoshikazu Aihara (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Sakezou Sado (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Analyzer (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomoharu Katsumata
Writers: Leiji Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Space Battleship Yamato Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, shot by Yukio Katayama. 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 Hiroshi Miyagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Kei Tomiyama and Shūsei Nakamura and Takeshi Aono carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0140703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomoharu Katsumata directs. Yukio Katayama behind the camera. Hiroshi Miyagawa scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

146 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Space Battleship Yamato Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Tomoharu Katsumata, shot by Yukio Katayama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Hiroshi Miyagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Kei Tomiyama and Shūsei Nakamura and Takeshi Aono carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0140703 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yukio Katayama
Original score: Hiroshi Miyagawa
Runtime: 145 min · 2h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Be Forever Yamato (1980)

Part of

Space Battleship Yamato Collection

A series of Japanese animated science fiction films adapted from the classic 1974 TV series Space Battleship Yamato, chronicling adventures of the titular space battleship and her crew to defend Earth and the galaxy.