During my December 2010 trip to Japan, I was able to see Space Battleship Yamato in Tokyo at the Toho Cinemas Nichigeki in the Yurakucho Mullion Building (above photo).
You won't have to travel that far next month as it will be the closing feature at the Japan Society's Japan Cuts 2012 Film Festival on July 28 at 9:00 PM in New York.
The landmark 1974 animated series Space Battleship Yamato finally gets a live-action treatment from director Takashi Yamazaki! In the year 2199, earth has become a wasteland after five years of radiation attacks from an unseen alien enemy called the Gamilons. One of the survivors is Kodai Susumu (Kimura Takuya), who picks up a mysterious device one day while hunting for scrap metal. After discovering a map to a planet inside the device, the military sends out its last battleship--the Yamato-- in the hopes that it'll be the key to save humanity. Kodai joins the Yamato crew and quickly proves to be a worthy team member. With only a year left before the end of earth, what will the Yamato crew find at the end of their long and perilous journey? One of the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, Space Battleship Yamato is a sci-fi spectacular for audiences of all ages.
Japan. 2010. 137 min., 35mm, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. With Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshiro Yanagiba.For ticket information, go here.
2 comments:
Armand-
You mentioned you saw the film (as have I) but didn't say what you thought of it. What was your opinion of SBY?
You may also be aware of the ongoing remake of Season One of SBY currently being released theatrically then on Blu-ray in Japan; it is definitely worth your time if you are a fan of Yamato.
I enjoyed it even though I don't know Japanese and the Tokyo screening was in all Japanese. I have a subtitled DVD. Now I understand the story. The spfx were spectacular on the big screen.
I am aware of the Season One remake.
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