Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past: he buys a house in the suburbs that used to belong to his family. In the basement, he finds his father's archives and scientific research documents on the hybridization of human race with related biological species. Studying the archive material, he unexpectedly finds evidence of efforts to renew the experiments on the remaining hybrid population. The painter then becomes a researcher, and consequently a victim. The basic idea of his father's research was to change, control and influence the process of human evolution - initially connected with eugenics theories of the period before World War II, and now being placed in a context of modern 'biotechnological' expectations by his former colleagues. The main character tries to recreate and realize his father's heritage, who was forced to cooperate with state terror organizations, using the results of his secret research. In a tragic manner, this information turns into the main character's reality, at first forcing him to reappraise his father's values and later driving him to madness.
(http://www.input2002.com/en/film/24418.html)。故事背景设定在太平洋战争中后期,日本海军在中途岛海战中被美海军大败;第一机动舰队4艘航母被击沉;联合舰队司令长官山本五十六大将战死,太平洋上各岛屿的日军守备部队先后覆没,日海军处于严重不利的形势。
昭和19年(公元1944年)的春天,特别少年兵部队的神尾怀着对大和号的憧憬,登上了超弩级战列舰“大和”号的甲板,当时的大和号是日本国民和军人的希望与象征。神尾忍受了舰上严酷的训练,然后迎来了他的第一次实战——莱特湾大海战。
在这次海战中,联合舰队事实上已经土崩瓦解。当残酷的战局放在面前,大和号和它的船员们怀着守护国土的决心,起锚迎来它的最后一次悲壮决战。所有的人都很清楚:迎接他们的将是杀气腾腾的美军大批舰载机群.............。