Never heard of this film, seems to be made in 2005 and received very good ctitics!
Shown 17. Dezember 2005, it is the most successful film in Japan (in term of revenue) to date.
Originaltitle: Otoko-tachi no Yamato
Actors: Takashi Sorimachi, Shido Nakamura
Regie: Junya Sato
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=q4QWqDTCk2A
This is more of a drama film than a "battle film" - there was no big battle when 250 USN planes came down on it at the same time... they shot it to pieces (intrestinly enough, the AAA did not manage to hit a single USN plane; This astonishing failure is attributed to the lack of war training of the past months by some, to the high alcohol consumption the evening before which lasted until the early morning hours by others).
OK after having seen it, I would rank it in the category "Titanic drama", it is a very nice and touching film!!!!!
~S~