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Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

The legendary sci-fi animation, a live-action film at last.

20106.52h 11m

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

Top Cast

Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura

Susumu Kodai

Meisa Kuroki

Meisa Kuroki

Yuki Mori

Toshiro Yanagiba

Toshiro Yanagiba

Shirō Sanada

Naoto Ogata

Naoto Ogata

Daisuke Shima

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Hajime Saito

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Mamoru Kodai

Maiko

Maiko

Aihara

Reiko Takashima

Reiko Takashima

Doctor Sado

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Hikozaemon Tokugawa

Toshihiro Yashiba

Toshihiro Yashiba

Yasuo Nanbu

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Themes & Keywords

self sacrificepost-apocalyptic futurespace warmechaalien invasiontragic destinyspaceship

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.

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