Aegis (2005)
Aegis (2005)
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.

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Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada Hiroyuki Sanada As: Hisashi Sengoku
Akira Terao Akira Terao As: Hirotaka Miyazu
Koichi Sato Koichi Sato As: Diasuke Atsumi
Kiichi Nakai Kiichi Nakai As: Yong Fa
Ryo Katsuji Ryo Katsuji As: Kou Kisaragi
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Storyline

The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.


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Details

Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 30 July 2005

Country: JP

Runtime: 127m

Company Credits

Company: Cross Media, Nippon Herald Films, Shochiku, dentsu, Bandai Visual, Geneon Universal Entertainment, IMAGICA, Tokyo FM, Sankei Shimbun

Budget: $12,000,000

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Cast

Directed By

Junji Sakamoto

Junji Sakamoto

Director

Yusuke Nakagawa

Yusuke Nakagawa

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Kenzaburô Iida

Kenzaburô Iida

Screenplay

Harutoshi Fukui

Harutoshi Fukui

Original Story

Yasuo Hasegawa

Yasuo Hasegawa

Screenplay

Production Crew

Morito Ito

Morito Ito

Producer

Hiroshi Date

Hiroshi Date

Executive Producer

Kazumi Kawashiro

Kazumi Kawashiro

Executive Producer

Kanjiro Sakura

Kanjiro Sakura

Executive Producer

Junichi Kitagawa

Junichi Kitagawa

Executive Producer

Satoshi Kono

Satoshi Kono

Producer

Yukiko Shii

Yukiko Shii

Producer

Akira Moriya

Akira Moriya

Associate Producer

Hiroya Igawa

Hiroya Igawa

Associate Producer

Yoko Yamamoto

Yoko Yamamoto

Associate Producer

Hideo Tsujihata

Hideo Tsujihata

Other

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Fumio Iwasaki

Fumio Iwasaki

Costume Design

Sound

Fumio Hashimoto

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound

Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones

Original Music Composer

Shigeru Abe

Shigeru Abe

Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

Makoto Kamiya

Makoto Kamiya

Special Effects Supervisor

Camera

Norimichi Kasamatsu

Norimichi Kasamatsu

Director of Photography

Lighting

Art Department

Mitsuo Harada

Mitsuo Harada

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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