The Great War of Archimedes is a movie based on the manga of the same name. It follows the fictitious mathematician Tadashi Kai as he attempts to investigate the building of the Yamato battleship in the 1930s. Hired by Rear Admiral Yamamoto, Tadashi is utterly convinced that by exposing the flaws of the Yamato battleship, he would be able to convince the military that their navy is inadequate and would avoid war with the Western powers.
Flaw logic, but the sentiment is accurate
Immediately, I noted a flaw in the film's premise. Even if Tadashi showed that the Yamato had design flaws, Japan was bound for war regardless. The pull factors of Japan's lack of resources and territories were not explored by the film.
However, what was explored accurately by the film was the ambition of Japanese military. The naive Tadashi thought his research would prevent Imperial Japan from warring. What he failed to realise was that he had only delayed the inevitable -- Japan was going to war regardless. The only issue was that which Western nation Japan would war with.
There was no major faction that advocated for peace.
War was inevitable
Do go and watch this movie to get a sentiment of the militarism in Japan during the 1930s.
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