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Overview
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Written by Shimako Sato, Leiji Matsumoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki
Produced by Toshiaki Nakazawa, Nobuhiro Azuma
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $49.8M
About Space Battleship Yamato
Space Battleship Yamato is a science fiction, action, adventure, drama film released in 2010 exploring themes of self sacrifice, post-apocalyptic future, space war, mecha, alien invasion, tragic destiny. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, it stars Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshiro Yanagiba. In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.