Recap: Jun'ya Satô's YAMATO: THE LAST BATTLE (OTOKO-TACHI NO YAMATO), w/ Takashi Sorimachi, Shidô

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Toei Company Ltd. (Tôei K.K.) released Jun'ya Satô's Yamato: The Last Battle (Otoko-tachi no Yamato) theatrically in Japan today (December 17th).

The screenplay for Yamato: The Last Battle was written by (Jun'ya) Satô, based on Jun Henmi's non-fiction books Ketteiban otoko-tachi no Yamato (ue) and Ketteiban otoko-tachi no Yamato (shita). The movie was scored by Joe Hisaishi (Hisaishi Jô); the theme song for it, "Close Your Eyes", is by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi.

The principal cast of Yamato: The Last Battle, as listed on this page of the official website for the movie, is as follows (left to right, rows 1-4; 30 actors): Kazushige Nagashima, Kyôka Suzuki, Takashi Sorimachi, Shidô Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuya Watari, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Norihito Kaneko, Shinobu Terajima, Hiromi Sakimoto, Dai Watanabe, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kenta Uchino, Ryô Hashizume (Hashidume Ryô), Eiji Okuda, Ryûzô Hayashi, Hirotarô Honda, Hisashi Igawa, Atsuko Takahata, Kayoko Shiraishi, Ryû Morimiya, Yû Aoi, Noboru Takachi, Jundai Yamada, Jun'ichi Haruta, Kaitarô Nozaki (a.k.a. Umitarô Nozaki), Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kimiko Yo, Hiroshi Katsuno, and Kenji Takaoka.

For more info on Yamato: The Last Battle, see ScreenAnarchy's fifteenth, fourteenth, thirteenth, twelfth, eleventh, tenth, ninth, eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth (includes a link to the 'Yamato cam'), fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

Yamato: The Last Battle 480p HD trailer (downloadable 29.5 MB QuickTime Movie)
Yamato: The Last Battle 1080p HD trailer (downloadable 139 MB QuickTime Movie)
Yamato: The Last Battle promo video (streaming Windows Media)
Yamato: The Last Battle theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)

Yamato: The Last Battle teaser trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Yamato: The Last Battle pre-production teaser (streaming Windows Media)
Yamato: The Last Battle special 'making of' video (downloadable 44 MB VLS Movie)

Yamato: The Last Battle official website

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