Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato

"The darkest chapter in the Yamato saga"

1978 2h 31m JA

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★7.7TMDB · 13

AnimationScience Fiction

Synopsis

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The Yamato and her crew face the onslaught of the Comet Empire, a civilization from the Andromeda Galaxy who seek to conquer Earth, led by Prince Zordar. They have harnessed a comet and is using its terrible power to unleash destruction upon its rivals and inferiors... which are in fact everyone. The Space Battleship Yamato heads back into action. But this time, it shall not return, and much of the Yamato crew have signed on for their last voyage.

“The darkest chapter in the Yamato saga”

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Cast

Kei Tomiyama
Susumu Kodai (voice)
Yoko Asagami
Yuki Mori (voice)
Gorō Naya
Juzo Okita (voice)
Shūsei Nakamura
Daisuke Shima (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Analyzer (voice)
Shinji Nomura
Yoshikazu Aihara (voice)
Yoshito Yasuhara
Kenjiro Ota / Politician C (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Saburo Kato (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $43M — a 11.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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48 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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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yutaka Senzô 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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Kei Tomiyama and Yoko Asagami and Gorō Naya carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Toshio Masuda directs. Hiroshi Miyagawa scores. Yutaka Senzô cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 151 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $3.6M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $43M — a 11.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
448 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
5Part of the "Space Battleship Yamato Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Original score by Hiroshi Miyagawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Yutaka Senzô shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kei Tomiyama and Yoko Asagami and Gorō Naya carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The darkest chapter in the Yamato saga".
10IMDB entry: tt0316540 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "space war", "romance", "tragedy", "mecha".

The technical file

Original score: Hiroshi Miyagawa
Editing: Yutaka Senzô
Runtime: 151 min · 2h 31m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,600,000
Box office: $43,000,000
Return: 1194% of budget
Original language: JA
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)

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.