Space Battleship Yamato

1977 2h 15m JA

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7.8

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★7.8TMDB · 14

ActionAnimationAdventureScience FictionDramaRomance

Synopsis

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When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Gorō Naya
Okita Juzo / Aruga Kosaku (voice)
Kei Tomiyama
Kodai Susumu (voice)
Shūsei Nakamura
Shima Daisuke (voice)
Yoko Asagami
Mori Yuki / Fisherman's Son (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Dr. Sado Sakezô / Hikozaemon Tokugawa / Fisherman / Ghetto (voice)
Taichiro Hirokawa
Kodai Mamoru (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Sanada Shirô / Berger (voice)
Masatô Ibu
Desler / Todo Heikuro (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshio Masuda
Writers: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Leiji Matsumoto, Keisuke Fujikawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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49 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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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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Gorō Naya and Kei Tomiyama and Shūsei Nakamura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0204704 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshio Masuda directs. Hiroshi Miyagawa scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

149 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.
3Original score by Hiroshi Miyagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Gorō Naya and Kei Tomiyama and Shūsei Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0204704 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Hiroshi Miyagawa
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Status: Released
Box office: $23,000,000
Original language: JA
IMDB: Space Battleship Yamato (1977)

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.