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Space Battleship Yamato

1977 · 135 min

A solemn, stirring voyage that carries the weight of a dying world, mixing space-battle tension with earnest sacrifice and hope.

Overview
When vile aliens known as the Gamilons wreak nuclear havoc on Earth, a group of survivors refit the Japanese battleship Yamato for intergalactic travel and set off on a mission to retrieve a neutralizer that will eradicate the radiation from Earth's atmosphere.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • grief
  • loyalty
  • faith
Places
  • space
  • sea
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism3
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, animation, adventure, science fiction, drama, romance
Directed by
Toshio Masuda
Written by
Eiichi Yamamoto, Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Keisuke Fujikawa
Starring
Gorō Naya, Kei Tomiyama, Shūsei Nakamura, Yoko Asagami, Ichiro Nagai, Taichiro Hirokawa, Takeshi Aono, Masatô Ibu
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Cinematography
Masaaki Fujita, Hiroshi Isakawa
Runtime
135 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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