Aegis (2005)

  • NR
  • 07/30/2005 (JP)
  • Action, Thriller, Drama
  • 2h 7m

Overview

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.

Junji Sakamoto

Director

Kenzaburô Iida

Screenplay

Yasuo Hasegawa

Screenplay

Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada's headshot

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hisashi Sengoku
Akira Terao's headshot

Akira Terao

Hirotaka Miyazu
Koichi Sato's headshot

Koichi Sato

Diasuke Atsumi
Kiichi Nakai's headshot

Kiichi Nakai

Yong Fa
Ryo Katsuji's headshot

Ryo Katsuji

Kou Kisaragi
Chae Min-seo's headshot

Chae Min-seo

Jon-hee
Eisaku Yoshida's headshot

Eisaku Yoshida

Isamu Takenaka
Shosuke Tanihara's headshot

Shosuke Tanihara

Yudai Kazama

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