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The Imperial Navy

Japan Release: 1981
Running Time: 145 minutes

The Imperial Navy


Japanese Title

連合艦隊
[Rengo Kantai]

Distributor: Production:

Toho
Toho

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Live Action
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Titles
International Title

The Imperial Navy

 Initial US Title

Imperial Navy
US Distributor: Toho International (1983) / Time: 145 Minutes
Alternate Titles

The Combined Fleet
[Literal translation]

The Grand Fleet
[Japanese English Title]


Staff

Cast
Directed by Shuei Matsubayashi
Writing credits Katsuya Susaki
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music by Katsuhisa Hattori, Shinji Tanimura
Cinematography by Yudai Kato
Assistant Director Kyohei Imamura, Koji Hashimoto
Director of Special Effects Koichi Kawakita
Assitant Director of Special Effects Kenji Suzuki		 Yamamoto Isoroku, Admiral Keiju Kobayashi
Ozawa Jisaburo, Vice-Admiral Tetsuro Tamba
Toyoda Soemu, Admiral Jun Tazaki
Koshiro Oikawa, Minister of the Navy Susumu Fujita
Tameki Nomoto, Aircraft Carrier Captain Hiroshi Hasegawa
Hisao Shimoda, Aircraft Carrier Flight Commander Akihiko Hirata
Tonosuke Otani, Operation Staff Toru Ibuki
Chuichi Nagumo, Air Fleet Commanders-in-Chief Nobuo Kaneko
Ryunosuke Kusaka, Air Fleet Chief of Staff Tatsuya Mihashi
Seicho Mori, Zuikaku Squadron Mechanic Osami Nabe
Soemu Toyoda, Fleet Commanders-in-Chief Jun Tazaki
Naoki Hongo, Nara Museum Director Hisaya Morishige
Kameto Kuroshima, Colonel Michiro Minami
Destroyer Commander Masao Imanishi
Newspaper Reporter Shigeki Ishida
Yamato Crew Shigeo Kato

Posters
Japanese Poster
Japan

Box Office
Release Date: August 8th, 1981 (Japan)
Distribution Earning: ¥1,900,000,000 / $8,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)
Total: ¥2,850,000,000 / $12,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

Toho Stock Footage
The Storm of the Pacfic
The Storm of the Pacfic
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea

DVDs and Blu-rays
Japan Region 2 The Combined Fleet Toho (2003)
Japan Blu-Ray The Combined Fleet Toho (2009)

CD Soundtracks
The Combined Fleet - Original Soundtrack
The Combined Fleet - Soundtrack
(CINK-65/66)

Background and Trivia
  • Toho submitted the film to the US copyright office on October 22nd, 1982 with the registration number of PA0000164263. The movie was submitted under its international title, The Imperial Navy.
  • A 1/20th scale, 13 meters in size, version of the Yamato Battleship was created for the movie. The production cost for the prop alone was ¥90 million yen. Mentioned in Godzilla: The Large Complete Works (ISBN 406178417X).
  • The Japanese English title for the movie is "The Grand Fleet" with a unique logo that appears on the posters and memorabilia around the film's release. However, when picking an international title Toho opted for The Imperial Navy instead. Interestingly, for more modern memorabilia, the original English logo has been modified to include The Imperial Navy in it. Humorously, the logo itself is the abbreviation GF with the title which stood for Grand Fleet and in the context of the international title being there no longer lines up. This logo with the newer title can be seen on the soundtrack release from Cinema-kan from 2019.

Reviews
Alexander Smith [English] Star Rating
September 16, 2012 		   




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