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Yamamoto was conflicted by his principles and duties. The Japanese military establishment entangles Yamamoto in the war and orders him to prepare the attack on Pearl Harbor. Yamamoto was obligated to carry out the orders as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy's Combined Fleet.
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet: Directed by Izuru Narushima. With Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô. The life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto from the early 1930's to his death at the hands of the US military in 1943.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Izuru Narushima
- 2011-12-23
Original title: Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku. 1968. 2h 11m. IMDb RATING. 6.8 /10. 215. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama War. A biography of one of the only beloved postwar figures of Japan's disastrous Pacific War. A common-sense soldier knows the war is doomed, but gamely goes ahead and does the best with what he's given. Director.
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- Drama, War
- Seiji Maruyama
- 1968-12-27
Year: 2011. Original title: Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku. Synopsis: The film looks at the role of Isoroku Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Navy responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour.
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- Japan
- Takahide Shibanushi
- Izuru Narushima
This is an unsentimental, serious, historical film of the Japanese Navy's involvement in World War 2 viewed from their military logic (unlike that mawkish film 'Pearl Harbour').
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- Toshiro Mifune
- Seiji Maruyama
- War, Drama
Year: 1968. Original title: Rengo kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku. Synopsis: As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet.
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The 2011 version of Admiral Isoroku, starring this generation’s Mifune, Koji Yakusho, is again extremely sympathetic to the lead character but damning of the Japanese political establishment and its drive towards war in the 1930s.