
Fires on the Plain(1959)
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.


As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.

Toshirō Mifune
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Yūzō Kayama
First Lieutenant Ijuin

Yōko Tsukasa
Sumie Kimura

Toshio Kurosawa
1st Lt. Kimura

Makoto Satō
Genda

Daisuke Katō
Chief of Press Section

Masayuki Mori
Prime Minister Konoe

Wakako Sakai
Tomoko Yakuki

Matsumoto Hakuō II
Minister Yoneuchi

Kenjirō Ishiyama
Cmdr. Momotake
Admiral Yamamoto is a war, drama film released in 1968. Directed by Seiji Maruyama, it stars Toshirō Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Yōko Tsukasa. As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
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