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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.
Movie Rating: 6.8 / 10 (215) [ ] - As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise ...
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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 , with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
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
ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO. 連合艦隊司令長官 山本五十六 | Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku. Directed by. Seiji Maruyama. Japan, 1968. Drama, History, War. 131. 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.
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.
Movie Rating: 6.8 / 10 (826) [ ] - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US history it wouldn’t have happened if the Japanese ...
