Yamato (2005)“You made it back. When I get well, let’s save up for a boat (and get away

Yamato (2005)

“You made it back. When I get well, let’s save up for a boat (and get away from everything). I’ve got a name for her, Asukamaru. It’s written, “tomorrow’s fragrance”. The promise of future blossoms.”

Katsumi Kamio (Kenichi Matsuyama) joined the Imperial Navy at the age of 15 after his elder brother was drafted into the war and died. He promised his mother and childhood crush, Taeko Nozaki (Yu Aoi) that he will return safely. 

After the Yamato was sunked, Kamio survived and made it back but his mother had died from an air raid and Taeko who works a new job in Hiroshima is sick from the radiation but is able to meet him one last time before she dies. 

Kamio’s mother hated the war and couldn’t understand the need for the military government to take away her husband, children and Taeko for their war efforts but did not dare to voice out for fear of being arrested by the nationalists.