Kon Ichikawa's war film depicts the 60-hour period from the departure of the battleship Yamato, the pride of the Japanese Navy, until its sinking by the American forces during Operation Ten-Go.
Lieutenant Mitsuo Yoshioka
Lieutenant Koichi Nakahara
Lieutenant Inui
Lieutenant Kaneda
Captain Iwao Usumi
Lieutenant Yusa
Lieutenant Ono
Lieutenant Hokimoto
Vice Admiral Seiichi Itō
Major General Nobue Morishita
Colonel Kōsaku Aruga
Colonel Jiro Nomura
Major Genjiro Amemiya
Major Hideo Takai
Petty Officer Katahira
Soldier Ogata
Admiral Soemu Toyoda
General Koshirō Oikawa
Lieutenant General Jisaburō Ozawa
Colonel Shigenori Kami
Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki
Lieutenant Ito Akira
Ume Nakahara (Mother of Lieutenant Koichi Nakahara)
Kenzo Yoshioka (Father of Lieutenant Mitsuo Yoshioka)
