Yamato the movie

[Spartacus]

japanese movie on the Yamato scheduled for theatrical release in japan this month
I had to futz around till I found a trailer link
looks cool
http://1941.jp/

Basically its based on a book (well a trilogy), the author equates the fate of the Yamato with Japan. Yamato being another name for Japan.

 

[Raptorex]

does Godzilla beat Mothra in that one?

 

[Spartacus]

 

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look at the blood on the superstructure in the background

 

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[Spartacus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato

Yamato , named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the lead ship of her class. She and her sister ship Musashi were the largest, heaviest battleships ever constructed

Her final mission was as part of Operation Ten-Go following the invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945. She was sent on a suicide mission (commanded by Admiral Ito Seiichi) to attack the US fleet supporting the US troops landing on the west of the island. On 6 April Yamato and her escorts, the light cruiser Yahagi and 8 destroyers, left port at Tokuyama. They were sighted on 7 April by American submarines as they exited the Inland Sea southwards. The U.S. Navy launched 386 aircraft to intercept the task force, and the planes engaged the ships starting at 12:30 that afternoon. Yamato took 8 bomb and 10 torpedo hits before, at about 14:23, she capsized to port and her aft magazines detonated(see pic below). She sank while still some 200 km from Okinawa. Of her crew 2,475 were lost, and the 269 survivors were picked up by the escorting destroyers.

shit! look at the size of that explosion in relation to the ships

 

[Spartacus]

Yamato's last moments, with mushroom cloud above her exploding hull

 

[Wynn]

Cool.

 

[Spartacus]

Yamato's last moments, with mushroom cloud above her exploding hull

tirpitz look at the size of that explosion when her magazines brewed up

 

[jestro]

Looks like a cool movie. Is it gonna be released over here?

 

[Spartacus]

Looks like a cool movie. Is it gonna be released over here?

I found one copy at amazon from an importer and bought it