The Great War of Archimedes

The Great War of Archimedes

2019 · 130 min · JA · 6.5 (21 votes)
Dir. Takashi Yamazaki · Starring Masaki Suda, Tasuku Emoto, Minami Hamabe, Tsurube Shofukutei, Katsuya Kobayashi, Fumiyo Kohinata · Music Naoki Sato
WarActionMysteryDrama

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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A tense, somber wartime drama where duty clashes with ambition. The film builds suspense as a conspiracy unfolds amidst the looming threat of war, all set against a meticulously recreated historical backdrop.

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