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The Great War of Archimedes

Jul 26, 2019 · 2h 10m

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Action

Mystery

Drama

PLOT

It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.

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CAST

Major Tadashi Kai

Second Lt. Shojiro Tanaka

Tsurube Shofukutei

Katsuya Kobayashi

Fumiyo Kohinata

Shigetaro Shizuma

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

DETAILS

Status

Released

Original language

JA

Budget

—

Revenue

$16,454,674

Production

Robot Communications, TOHO, Abe Shuji, The Asahi Shimbun, Culture Entertainment, dentsu, GYAO, Hikari TV, Jiji Press, KDDI, Kinoshita Group, Kodansha, Lawson, Mainichi Newspapers, Nippon Broadcasting System, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shirogumi, Tokyu Agency, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Nippan Group Holdings

Country

JP

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