Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu
1960, Japanese. Directed by Kiyoshi Komori.
During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there was also a plot by saboteurs, who were trying to prevent the sailing of the Mutsu. Director Komori developed a suspenseful plot by including a fictional adaptation of the Russian spy Richard Sorge, who had been captured in Japan and subsequently executed. Komori brings a fictional Russian spy to the screen by portraying him as a military attaché at the German embassy. As Germany was an ally of Japan in WWII, a secret agent being a mole in the German embassy is a perfect cover. The interaction of the saboteurs and the officers and crew of the Mutsu make an exciting story.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kiyoshi KomoriDirector
- Shigeru AmachiLt. Commander Fushimi
- Bunta SugawaraLieutenant Matsumoto
- Kinuko ObataMisako Akashi
- Noriko KitazawaYukie Gorai
- Toshio HosokawaLieutenant Ikegami
- Keinosuke WadaWarrant Officer Gorai
- Yōichi NumataCaptain Hirano
- Shinsuke MikimotoEnsign Katsunuma
- Jotaro YukiCast
- Yōji MisakiCast
- Kyōji KokonoeMineichi Koga
- Ryuji WakamiyaLieutenant Kurosawa
Details
- Released
- 1 April 1960
- Original title
- 太平洋戦争 謎の戦艦陸奥
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Mon Shichijo, Kozo Hayama
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Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960) was directed by Kiyoshi Komori and stars Shigeru Amachi, Bunta Sugawara, Kinuko Obata.