Rengo kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968)

Director:

Seiji Maruyama

Writers:

Shinobu Hashimoto (writer)
Seiji Maruyama (writer)

Release Date:

27 December 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Toshirô Mifune	...	Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
Yûzô Kayama	...	First Lieutenant Ijuin
Yôko Tsukasa	...	Sumie Kimura
Toshio Kurosawa	...	1st Lt. Kimura
Makoto Satô	...	Genda
Daisuke Katô	...	Chief of Press Section
Masayuki Mori	...	Prime Minister Konoe
Wakako Sakai	...	Tomoko Yakuki
Koshiro Matsumoto	...	Minister Yoneuchi
Kenjiro Ishiyama	...	Cmdr. Momotake
Masao Shimizu	...	Kurita
Eijirô Yanagi	...	Nagano
Seiji Miyaguchi	...	Ito
Susumu Fujita	...	Kurita
Fuyuki Murakami	...	Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni

Also Known As:

Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral of the Grand Fleet: Isoroku Yamamoto (literal English title)
Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (literal English title)
Yamamoto Isokuro
Yamamoto Isoroku

Runtime:

131 min | Japan:128 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Filming Locations:

Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Toho Company

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Japanese Zero fighters at the battle of Midway are painted green. During 1942, all Zeroes of the Japanese navy were painted white. It was not until 1943 that they would be painted green.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Midway (1976)