Well made, well acted, entertaining movie but certainly a bad rendition of actual history. Yamamato was much different in real life. He was a party guy and wanted fame and fortune very much unlike the actors portrayal. Also the movie portrays Midway in the manner of Fushido's book which has been proved to be a Lie.
Yamamato's Midway plan was just a bad plan. He split his forces sending two key carriers to the Aleutians, which was a meaningless target, and gave conflicting orders to his Admiral in command Nagumo. They just didn't have the forces to both support the attack on Midway AND hunt for USN CVs. In 1953 Fushido wrote a book that blamed bad luck and American code breakers for the loss but the fact is the plan stunk from the beginning.
Even if they took Midway, which is doubtful, they had no way of supporting an invasion of Hawaii, which was becoming stacked with US power. They simply didn't have the sea lift/convoy protection capacity for either one. So what was the point? The movie is very accurate portraying both the war fever that gripped Showa era Japan and victory fever that fueled the continued risk taking. It never touches Japans war crimes but its brilliant in portraying the public fervor for war. A very worthwhile movie to watch.
Yamamato's Midway plan was just a bad plan. He split his forces sending two key carriers to the Aleutians, which was a meaningless target, and gave conflicting orders to his Admiral in command Nagumo. They just didn't have the forces to both support the attack on Midway AND hunt for USN CVs. In 1953 Fushido wrote a book that blamed bad luck and American code breakers for the loss but the fact is the plan stunk from the beginning.
Even if they took Midway, which is doubtful, they had no way of supporting an invasion of Hawaii, which was becoming stacked with US power. They simply didn't have the sea lift/convoy protection capacity for either one. So what was the point? The movie is very accurate portraying both the war fever that gripped Showa era Japan and victory fever that fueled the continued risk taking. It never touches Japans war crimes but its brilliant in portraying the public fervor for war. A very worthwhile movie to watch.