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Aegis

Aegis

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 30, 2005

Runtime

2h 7m

Genres

Action, Thriller, Drama

User Score

42%

Original Title

亡国のイージス

Production Companies

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

Director

Junji Sakamoto

Budget

$12,000,000

Description

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.