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Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

19778.32h 15m

Overview

When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.

Directed by Toshio Masuda
Written by Keisuke Fujikawa, Eiichi Yamamoto, Leiji Matsumoto
Produced by Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Box Office0Revenue: $23.0M

Top Cast

Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya

Okita Juzo / Aruga Kosaku (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

Kei Tomiyama

Kodai Susumu (voice)

Shūsei Nakamura

Shūsei Nakamura

Shima Daisuke (voice)

Yoko Asagami

Yoko Asagami

Mori Yuki / Fisherman's Son (voice)

Ichiro Nagai

Ichiro Nagai

Dr. Sado Sakezô / Hikozaemon Tokugawa / Fisherman / Ghetto (voice)

Taichiro Hirokawa

Taichiro Hirokawa

Kodai Mamoru (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Sanada Shirô / Berger (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Masatô Ibu

Desler / Todo Heikuro (voice)

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Katô Saburô (voice)

Kenichi Ogata

Kenichi Ogata

Analyzer / Yabu Sukeharu (voice)

Themes & Keywords

galaxysaving the worldspiritbattleship

About Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato is a action, animation, adventure, science fiction, drama, romance film released in 1977 exploring themes of galaxy, saving the world, spirit, battleship. Directed by Toshio Masuda, it stars Gorō Naya, Kei Tomiyama, Shūsei Nakamura. When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.

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