The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".
Released: Jun 15, 1953
Runtime: 104 minutes
Stars: Susumu Fujita, Gen Funabashi, Minoru Takada, Takamaru Sasaki, Toranosuke Ogawa, Bontarō Miake
Crew: Toshio Goto (Editor), Keinosuke Tsuchiya (Assistant Director), Munehide Tanabe (Executive Producer), Seigo Shindo (Art Direction), Toshio Mochizuki (Producer), Yasushi Akutagawa (Original Music Composer)