In the recent episode of FujiTV's SMAP × SMAP talk show, they showed a preview of the upcoming Space Battleship YAMATO live action movie adaptation's first two minutes. The movie stars SMAP member Kimura Takuya as Susumu Kodai and actress Kuroki Meisa as Yuki Mori.
On this second clip, the world's last hope, YAMATO, ascends from Earth to fire the Wave Motion Gun against an alien invader.
Space Battleship YAMATO took place on the year 2199, when the Earth has been under radioactive siege from the Gamilas Empire for five years. Earth's population has moved underground to escape the bombardment, but the contamination is slowly penetrating to reach them. The crew sets out on a journey to the planet Iscandar to acquire a device that can heal the ravaged Earth before it is too late.
Space Battleship YAMATO will open in Japanese theaters today, December 1, 2010.
Special thanks to August Ragone for the tip!