Aegis

Aegis (2005)

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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.

Director: Junji Sakamoto
Writers: Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa.

Release Date: 2005-07-30
Status: Released
Run time: 127 min / 2:7
Budget: $12,000,000
Production Companies : Cross Media, Nippon Herald Films, Shochiku, dentsu, Bandai Visual, Geneon Universal Entertainment, IMAGICA, Tokyo FM, Sankei Shimbun
Production Country: Japan

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Crew

Editing William M. Anderson Editor
Visual Effects Makoto Kamiya Special Effects Supervisor
Directing Junji Sakamoto Director
Writing Kenzaburô Iida Screenplay
Writing Harutoshi Fukui Original Story
Art Mitsuo Harada Production Design
Camera Norimichi Kasamatsu Director of Photography
Sound Fumio Hashimoto Sound
Writing Yasuo Hasegawa Screenplay
Lighting Kenji Ishida Gaffer

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