The Great War of Archimedes
2019 · Movie · 130 min · ★ 6.7
In early-1930s Japan, a gifted math expert is pulled into a naval project to review the budget for a massive new battleship. As the numbers stop adding up, the investigation points toward deception and growing political danger.
Based on Archimedes no Taisen
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Details
- Original title
- アルキメデスの大戦
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-07-26
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (36 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like historical thrillers driven by investigation, strategy, and rising tension, especially if Greyhound sounds appealing; Not for you if you want fast action or a light, easygoing tone.
Pros: smart historical mystery; tense investigation; strong momentum | Cons: dense military politics; talky at times; limited emotional warmth
Themes
- japan
- navy
- battleship
- shouwa period
- 1930s
- naval battleship
- great war
- shōwa era (1926-89)
Cast & crew
Masaki Suda
as Major Tadashi Kai
Tasuku Emoto
as Second Lt. Shojiro Tanaka
Minami Hamabe
as Kyoko Ozaki
Tsurube Shofukutei
as Kiyoshi Osato
Katsuya Kobayashi
as Mineo Osumi
Fumiyo Kohinata
as Sekizo Uno
Jun Kunimura
as Osami Nagano
Isao Hashizume
as Shigetaro Shizuma
Min Tanaka
as Tadamichi Hirayama
Hiroshi Tachi
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki