
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.


A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

Keiju Kobayashi
Isoroku Yamamoto

Toshiyuki Nagashima
Eiichi Hongo

Kenichi Kaneda
Shinji Hongo

Yuko Kotegawa
Yoko Hayase

Kiichi Nakai
Masato Odagiri

Yoshitaka Tanba

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kōji Takahashi

Ichirō Zaitsu

Hiroyuki Nagato
The Imperial Navy is a war, drama film released in 1981 exploring themes of world war ii, pacific theater, shōwa era (1926-89), imperial japanese navy. Directed by Shūe Matsubayashi, it stars Keiju Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kenichi Kaneda. A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.
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