Otoko-tachi no Yamato
IMDb ID: tt0451845 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 6.4 (2,500 votes)
Genres: Drama · History · War
The movie follows 3 Japanese friends from embarking on Yamato, the world's largest battleship, until it's sunk 3 1/2 years later on April 7, 1945 on it's way to Okinawa to stop American advance at the end of WWII.
Stars
Takashi Sorimachi
Shidô Nakamura
Kyôka Suzuki
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Yû Aoi
Dai Watanabe
Kenta Uchino
Hiromi Sakimoto
Ryô Hashizume
Sôsuke Ikematsu
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Takashi Sorimachi | Character: Shohachi Moriwaki
Actor: Shidô Nakamura | Character: Mamoru Uchida
Actor: Kyôka Suzuki | Character: Makiko Uchida
Actor: Ken'ichi Matsuyama | Character: Katsumi Kamio (15 years old)
Actor: Yû Aoi | Character: Taeko
Actor: Dai Watanabe | Character: Toshio Date
Actor: Kenta Uchino | Character: Tetsuya Nishi
Actor: Hiromi Sakimoto | Character: Sumio Tsuneta
Actor: Ryô Hashizume | Character: Yoshiharu Kojima
Actor: Sôsuke Ikematsu | Character: Atsushi
Actor: Jundai Yamada | Character: Masao Karaki
Actor: Kazushige Nagashima | Character: Usubuchi
Actor: Noboru Takachi | Character: Kawazoe
Actor: Hiroyuki Hirayama | Character: Tamaki
Actor: Takashi Morimiya | Character: Omori
Actor: Norihito Kaneko | Character: Machimura
Actor: Jun'ichi Haruta | Character: Hisao Koike
Actor: Kenji Takaoka | Character: Shiro Mogi
Actor: Umitarou Nozaki | Character: Jiro Nomura
Actor: Mireiyu | Character: Actress
Actor: Shun Nakayama | Character: Actor
Actor: Daisuke Nagakura | Character: Actor
Actor: Yugo Sakamoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Takahiro Fujimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Yûki Tsujimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Yukihiro Kotani | Character: Actor
Actor: Takahiro Kawaguchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Mitsuhiro Takahashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Masaki Iizumi | Character: Actor
Actor: Takuma Sugawara | Character: Actor
Actor: Hisamitsu Nakamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Tetsuya Nakamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Makoto Hashiba | Character: Actor
Actor: Shûhei Nomura | Character: Actor
Actor: Donpei Tsuchihira | Character: Actor
Actor: Yasuhito Ebisawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Takayasu Senda | Character: Actor
Actor: Tetsuya Watari | Character: Seiichi Ito
Actor: Takashi Taniguchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Katsushi Ikeda | Character: Actor
Actor: Chihiro Itakura | Character: Actor
Actor: Fumito Moriwaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Yukiharu Yamaguchi | Character: Actor
Actor: Shunji Sasaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Dennis Falt | Character: US Navy aviator
Actor: Ryûzô Hayashi | Character: Ryunosuke Kusaka
Actor: Hirotarō Honda | Character: Tetsuzo Furumura
Actor: Hisashi Igawa | Character: The Chairman
Actor: Masataka Ishizaki | Character: Ishizaki Masataka
Actor: Hiroshi Katsuno | Character: Nobue Morishita
Actor: Kôsei | Character: Actor
Actor: Tatsuya Nakadai | Character: Katsumi Kamio (75 years old)
Actor: Eiji Okuda | Character: Kosaku Ariga
Actor: Kayoko Shiraishi | Character: Sue Kamio
Actor: Atsuko Takahata | Character: Tsune Tamaki
Actor: Shinobu Terajima | Character: Ayako
Actor: Rei Utani | Character: Actress
Actor: Kimiko Yo | Character: Sayo Nishi
[Directors Group]
Name: Jun'ya Satō | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Jun Henmi | Role: Writer
Name: Jun'ya Satō | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Haruki Kadokawa | Role: Producer
Name: Noriko Koyanagi | Role: Producer
Name: Sunao Sakagami | Role: Producer
Name: Tan Takaiwa | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Joe Hisaishi | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Takeo Yoneda | Role: Editor
[Casting Group]
Name: Yasuhiro Fukuoka | Role: Casting Director
[Art Direction Group]
Name: Noriyuki Kondo | Role: Art Director
[Production Management]
Name: Toshiki Komatsu | Role: Production Manager
Name: Keitaro Shimizu | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Tôru Harada | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Megumi Sawada | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Koichiro Yamashita | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Sound Department]
Name: Nobuhiko Matsukage | Role: Sound Department
Name: Akihiko Okase | Role: Sound Department
Name: Tetsuo Segawa | Role: Sound Department
[Special Effects]
Name: Hiroshi Butsuda | Role: Special Effects
[Visual Effects]
Name: Masato Aonuma | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Takafumi Arai | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Nobutaka Dôki | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Noriko Hasegawa | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroshi Ihara | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Norihiko Iwasaki | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Masaaki Kamada | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Takashi Kato | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Taro Kiba | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Yoshitaka Kitanoya | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Chieko Kurokawa | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kôji Misada | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Hiroki Mori | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Isao Morohoshi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Koichi Noguchi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Akira Okamoto | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Daisuke Saitô | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Atsuki Satô | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kazuhiro Shigihara | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Takeshi Shin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Daishi Suenaga | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kazuyuki Sugimura | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Masaki Taga | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kiyotaka Taguchi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Isamu Tajima | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mutsuo Tomizawa | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kensuke Yamamoto | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kyoko Yamamoto | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Hirotaka Yokobayashi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shinji Ôhagi | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Tomoya Ôhata | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Tetsuo Ôya | Role: Visual Effects
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Takeshi Ohkubo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Casting Department]
Name: Emi Fukuda | Role: Casting Department
Name: Taketsugu Nishijima | Role: Casting Department
[Music Department]
Name: Hiroyuki Akita | Role: Music Department
Name: Suminobu Hamada | Role: Music Department
Name: Joe Hisaishi | Role: Music Department
Name: Hikaru Ishikawa | Role: Music Department
Name: Haruki Kadokawa | Role: Music Department
Name: Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi | Role: Music Department
Name: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | Role: Music Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Shigeyuki Endô | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451845/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Japan: December 17, 2005
Canada: August 31, 2006 (Montréal World Film Festival)
Poland: October 30, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Sweden: November 22, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Greece: December 18, 2006 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: March 13, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Finland: April 4, 2007 (DVD premiere)
United Kingdom: September 27, 2010 (DVD premiere)
Awards
Winner | 2006 | Blue Ribbon Awards | Blue Ribbon Award | Best Director | Jun'ya Satō, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Film | Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Supporting Actress | Yû Aoi, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Director | Jun'ya Satō, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Cinematography | Yoshitaka Sakamoto, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Lighting | Takeshi Ohkubo, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Editing | Takeo Yoneda, Yamato
Winner | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Art Direction | Toshiyuki Matsumiya, Noriyuki Kondo, Yamato
Nominee | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Music Score | Joe Hisaishi, Yamato
Winner | 2007 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Sound | Nobuhiko Matsukage, Tetsuo Segawa, Yamato
Winner | 2006 | Hochi Film Awards | Hochi Film Award | Best New Actor | Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Death Note, Yamato
Winner | 2006 | Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Ishihara Yujiro Award | Jun'ya Satō, Yamato
Winner | 2007 | Yokohama Film Festival | Festival Prize | Best New Talent | Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name, Yamato, Oyayubi sagashi
Box Office
Japan: USD 39287114
Period: Feb 25 – 26, 2006 | Rank: 5 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 269 | Gross to date: USD 39287114 | Interval gross: USD 550698 | Per theater average: USD 2047
Period: Feb 18 – 19, 2006 | Rank: 5 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 283 | Gross to date: USD 38484602 | Interval gross: USD 610599 | Per theater average: USD 2157
Period: Feb 11 – 12, 2006 | Rank: 6 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 288 | Gross to date: USD 36635881 | Interval gross: USD 780615 | Per theater average: USD 2710
Period: Feb 4 – 5, 2006 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 302 | Gross to date: USD 34729456 | Interval gross: USD 901372 | Per theater average: USD 2984
Period: Jan 28 – 29, 2006 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 302 | Gross to date: USD 33153541 | Interval gross: USD 1194318 | Per theater average: USD 3954
Period: Jan 21 – 22, 2006 | Rank: 2 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 303 | Gross to date: USD 30628546 | Interval gross: USD 1496727 | Per theater average: USD 4939
Period: Jan 14 – 15, 2006 | Rank: 1 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 303 | Gross to date: USD 27142789 | Interval gross: USD 1973521 | Per theater average: USD 6513
Period: Dec 24 – 25, 2005 | Rank: 4 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 293 | Gross to date: USD 8706350 | Interval gross: USD 2351067 | Per theater average: USD 8024
