Space Battleship Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato

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

2010 · 131 min · ★ 6.4 · Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Drama

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

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Takuya Kimura Susumu Kodai
Meisa Kuroki Yuki Mori
Toshiro Yanagiba Shirō Sanada
Naoto Ogata Daisuke Shima
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Hajime Saito
Shinichi Tsutsumi Mamoru Kodai
Maiko Aihara
Reiko Takashima Doctor Sado
Toshiyuki Nishida Hikozaemon Tokugawa
Toshihiro Yashiba Yasuo Nanbu
Kazuki Namioka Saburō Katō
Takumi Saitoh Akira Yamamoto

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