# Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)

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**Original title**: *さらば宇宙戦艦ヤマト 愛の戦士たち*
**Runtime**: 151 min
**Genres**: Animation, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto
**Written by**: Toshio Masuda, Leiji Matsumoto, Eimei Yamamoto
**Starring**: Kei Tomiyama, Yoko Asagami, Gorō Naya, Shūsei Nakamura, Kenichi Ogata, Shinji Nomura

> *The darkest chapter in the Yamato saga*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Space Battleship Yamato meets *Sunset Boulevard* without the pool. A doomed warship’s final cruise against an Andromeda empire becomes a tragic fanfare. One last voyage narrated by the dead.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, epic, tender

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