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Photo courtesy of Toho. ©2019 Toho Co., Ltd. has provided SciFi Japan with press notes and high-res photos from THE GREAT WAR OF ARCHIMEDES (?????????, Archimedes no Taisen), the live-action adaptation of Norifusa Mita`s popular manga. Set in 1930s Japan, the film depicts a brilliant mathematician`s attempt to stop the construction of the battleship Yamato. The film is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the ALWAYS- SUNSET ON THIRD STREET trilogy, SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (SPACE BATTLESHIP ???, Uchu Senkan Yamato, 2010) and THE ETERNAL ZERO (???0, Eien no Zero, 2013). STORY The headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Navy is eyeing the possibility of starting a war with America. To that end, they have plans to construct the world`s largest battleship, the Yamato. Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Hiroshi Tachi) is opposed to the plan. He lends his support to the brilliant mathematician Tadashi Kai (Masaki Suda), an uncommonly exceptional talent in the Imperial University referred to as "the return of Archimedes", in his attempt to expose the military`s plot. CREDITS Japanese Release Date: July 26, 2019 (Nationwide Roadshow) Cast Tadashi Kai: Masaki Suda Isoroku Yamamoto: Hiroshi Tachi Kyoko Ozaki: Minami Hamabe Shojiro Tanaka: Tasuku Emoto Kiyoshi Osato: Tsurube Shofukutei Mineo Osumi: Katsuya Kobayashi Uno: Fumiyo Kohinata Osami Nagano: Jun Kunimura Shigetaro Shimada: Isao Hashizume Tadamichi Hirayama: Min Tanaka Crew Director: Takashi Yamazaki Original Story: The Great War of Archimedes by Norifusa Mita (Kodansha Young Magazine Series) Screenplay: Takashi Yamazaki VFX: Takashi Yamazaki Production Company: Toho Pictures Distributor: Toho ©2019 "Great War of Archimedes" Film Partners ©Norifusa Mita/Kodansha
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Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of the Godzilla films, as well as most of the films by the world-renowned director, Akira Kurosawa. Besides film production, Toho also distributes Japanese films (earning the highest box office receipts for decades in Japan) as well as foreign films through its subsidiary, owns first class movie theaters throughout Japan, produces legitimate plays and musicals, and has more than 100 entertainment-related subsidiaries.