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The Great War of Archimedes

The Great War of Archimedes

20196.52h 10m

Overview

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Written by Norifusa Mita, Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Yoshihiro Sato, Keichiiro Moriya
Box Office0Revenue: $16.5M

Top Cast

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Major Tadashi Kai

Tasuku Emoto

Tasuku Emoto

Second Lt. Shojiro Tanaka

Minami Hamabe

Minami Hamabe

Kyoko Ozaki

Tsurube Shofukutei

Tsurube Shofukutei

Kiyoshi Osato

Katsuya Kobayashi

Katsuya Kobayashi

Mineo Osumi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Sekizo Uno

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Osami Nagano

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Shigetaro Shizuma

Min Tanaka

Min Tanaka

Tadamichi Hirayama

Hiroshi Tachi

Hiroshi Tachi

Isoroku Yamamoto

Themes & Keywords

japannavybattleshipshouwa periodnaval battleshipgreat warshōwa era (1926-89)

About The Great War of Archimedes

The Great War of Archimedes is a war, action, mystery, drama film released in 2019 exploring themes of japan, navy, battleship, shouwa period, naval battleship, great war. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it stars Masaki Suda, Tasuku Emoto, Minami Hamabe. It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.

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