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23 dic 2011 · Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet: Directed by Izuru Narushima. With Koji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô. The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Izuru Narushima
- 2011-12-23
Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quotation is a film quote by Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan. The quotation is portrayed at the very end of the 1970 film Tora!
The Japanese military establishment entangles Yamamoto in the war and orders him to prepare the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was obligated to carry out the orders as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy's Combined Fleet .
After Japan forms a military alliance with Germany and Italy, the United States considers entering World War II, and a man must decide between his country and his conscience.
- Drama
- Kôji Yakusho
- Izuru Narushima
Produced and distributed by Toho, it is the second film in 8.15 series, after Japan's Longest Day (1967), with Battle of the Japan Sea following in 1969, The Militarists following in 1970, and Battle of Okinawa following in 1971. The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet ...
It covers the build up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor until Yamamoto's death. As a depiction of Yamamoto it is kind in its portrayal, accurate or not I do not know. It appears at every turn that Yamamoto wishes to prevent war rather than extol it.
With Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa. A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given.
