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Space Battleship Yamato

2010 · 131 min

A solemn, old-fashioned space voyage that trades wonder for sacrifice, moving slowly but landing with genuine emotional weight.

Tagline
The legendary sci-fi animation, a live-action film at last.
Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • space
  • sea
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
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
Realism4
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
science fiction, action, adventure, drama
Directed by
Takashi Yamazaki
Written by
Shimako Satō
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshiro Yanagiba, Naoto Ogata, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Maiko, Reiko Takashima
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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