Yamato (男たちの大和, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, literally "The Men of the Yamato") is a 2005 Japanese war film. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. It was directed by Junya Sato and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to Titanic and Saving Priva...
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Yamato (男たちの大和, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, literally "The Men of the Yamato") is a 2005 Japanese war film. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. It was directed by Junya Sato and is based on a book by Jun Henmi. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to Titanic and Saving Private Ryan. It has been released in many Asian countries with subtitles in English and other languages.
The movie begins with footage from an expedition to the Yamato in 1999, then to a woman, Makiko Uchida, visiting the Yamato Museum in Kure on April 6, 2005. She is looking for a ship captain to bring her to the site where the Yamato sank, to honor the crew on the 60th anniversary of the ship's last battle. As no captain entertains her offer, Katsumi Kamio, a survivor of the sinking, agrees to take Makiko after he discovers she was an adopted...
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