Admiral Yamamoto (film)

Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto
	International theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	連合艦隊司令長官山本五十六
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan Yamamoto Isoroku
Directed by	Seiji Maruyama [ja]; Eiji Tsuburaya; (special effects)
Written by	Katsuya Susaki [ja]; Seiji Maruyama
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Toshiro Mifune
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada [ja]; Motoyoshi Tomioka [ja]; (special effects); Yōichi Manoda [ja]; (special effects)
Edited by	Ryōhei Fujii [ja]
Music by	Masaru Sato
Production; company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 14, 1968 (Japan);
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥300 million
Box office	¥400 million

Admiral Yamamoto (Japanese: 連合艦隊司令長官山本五十六, Hepburn: Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan Yamamoto Isoroku, lit. 'Isoroku Yamamoto: Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet') ia a 1968 Japanese epic war film directed by Seiji Maruyama [ja], with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is the second film in 8.15 series, after Japan's Longest Day (1967), with Battle of the Japan Sea following in 1969, The Militarists following in 1970, and Battle of Okinawa following in 1971.^[4] The film stars Toshiro Mifune as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II.

Cast

Source:^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9781461673743.
^ Large Special Effects: Japanese Tokusatsu Film History (in Japanese). Asahi Sonorama. 1985. p. 266. ISBN 9784257031888.
^ Ryfle, Steve; Godziszewski, Ed (2017). Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa. Wesleyan University Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780819570871.
^ Tanaka, Tomoyuki (1983). 東宝特撮映画全史 [The Complete History of Toho Special Effects Movies] (in Japanese). Toho Publishing Business Office. pp. 328–329. ISBN 4-924609-00-5.
^ "連合艦隊司令長官山本五十六 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-03.