Jun'ya Satô's YAMATO (OTOKO-TACHI NO YAMATO): Action-packed new 'making of' short

An action-packed new 'making of' (mekingu) short has been added here to the official website for Jun'ya Satô's Yamato (Otoko-tachi no Yamato). Also, a page containing 18 production-related stills has been added here on the website of Haruki Kadokawa Office (Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho) - which, incidentally, has reportedly acquired the remake rights for the Akira Kurosawa classics Yojimbo (Yôjinbô) and Sanjuro (Tsubaki Sanjûrô).

Principal photography for Yamato began on March 26 in Hiroshima Prefecture's Mukaishima Town - which, two days later, merged with and into Onomichi City. The budget for the film reportedly is ¥1.5 billion (approx. $14 million U.S.); construction of the battleship set - which is as wide as the actual ship was, and apparently will, when completed, be about 3/4 as long - reportedly has already cost ¥600 million (approx. $5.5 million U.S.). The set can be seen live via webcam here (and, at various times, there) on the website of RCC Broadcasting Co. Ltd. (K.K. Chûgoku Hôsô). There are several photos of it here on the website of 'Omami'.

For more info on Yamato, see ScreenAnarchy's fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.