see him before she died and suggested Asukamaru as the name for his boat. They arrive at the sinking coordinates the following day, where they hold a small ceremony. Makiko scatters Uchida's ashes and Kamio gives her a dagger that Uchida asked him to keep during the battle. The dagger was Uchida's most prized possession; Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto gave it to him when the Yamato was his flagship. The three head back to Japan after the ceremony. The end credits show Makiko laying flowers at a memorial for those who died in the battle. Cast Kenichi Matsuyama - Seaman Apprentice Katsumi Kamio at 15 years old Tatsuya Nakadai - Katsumi Kamio at 78 years old Nakamura Shidō II - Petty Officer First Class Mamoru Uchida Takashi Sorimachi - Petty Officer First Class (Paymaster) Shōhachi Moriwaki Yū Aoi - Taeko Nozaki Jundai Yamada - Petty Officer First Class Masao Karaki Kenta Uchino - Seaman Apprentice Tetsuya Nishi Kyōka Suzuki - Makiko Uchida Sōsuke Ikematsu - Atsushi Hiroyuki Hirayama - Leading Seaman Tamaki Kazushige Nagashima - Lieutenant Iwao Usubuchi (Yamato Tactical Action Officer) Kenji Takamura - Commander Jiro Nomura (Yamato Chief Navigating Officer) Umitarō Nozaki - Captain Jirō Nomura (Yamato Executive Officer) Tetsuya Watari - Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō (2nd Fleet Commander-in-Chief) Eiji Okuda - Captain Kōsaku Aruga (Yamato Commanding Officer) Junichi Haruta - Captain Hisao Kotaki (21st Destroyer Squadron Command) Hirotarō Honda - Rear Admiral Keizō Komura (2nd Destroyer Squadron Commander) Ryūzō Hayashi - Vice-Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka (Combined Fleet Chief of staff) Production Filming for Yamato took place from March to June 2005 at a closed-down shipyard of Hitachi Zosen Corporation in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Approximately JPY 600 million was spent in building a 1:1 scale set of the forward section and the portside anti-aircraft guns. The starboard side, aft section, and the barrels of the A turret were not built since the film only required scenes on the port side. However, compliance issues with Japan's Building Standards Act prevented the reproduction of the Yamato's pagoda tower. Instead, photographs of the Yamato Museum's own 1:10 Yamato model was used for post-production. The interior scenes were made on a sound stage, but a hall near the set shows the various rooms and props reproduced for the film. The set was opened to the public on 17 July 2005. Approximately, one million people visited the set by the time it closed doors on 7