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Aegis

5.5/10
TMDB6 votes
Original: 127 min

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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About Aegis

Aegis (2005) is a film in the action, thriller, drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Koichi Sato, Kiichi Nakai.

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Original language
Runtime
127 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
Cross Media, Nippon Herald Films, Shochiku, dentsu, Bandai Visual, Geneon Universal Entertainment, IMAGICA, Tokyo FM, Sankei Shimbun
Writers
Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa

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What is Aegis about?

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.

Who stars in Aegis?

Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Koichi Sato, Kiichi Nakai, Ryo Katsuji, Chae Min-seo. See the cast cards above for character names.

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