Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan’s navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
A very humanizing portrait of Admiral Yamamoto knowing war with the US was inevitable but never stopping to hope peace could be arranged through tactical battles. And insurmountable task to win even knowing the end result would be destruction. Wonderful anti war film from Ishiro Honda.