Aegis (2005)
"Bôkoku no îjisu" (original title)

Director:

Junji Sakamoto

Writers:

Harutoshi Fukui (novel), Yasuo Hasegawa (screenplay),

Stars:

Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Kôichi Satô

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Hisashi Sengoku
Akira Terao	...	Hirotaka Miyazu
Kôichi Satô	...	Diasuke Atsumi
Kiichi Nakai	...	Yong Fa
Ryo Katsuji	...	Kou Kisaragi
Min-seo Chae	...	Jon-hee
Eisaku Yoshida	...	Isamu Takenaka
Shôsuke Tanihara	...	Yudai Kazama
Isao Toyohara	...	Takeshi Sugiura
Masanobu Andô	...	Don-chol
Yoshio Harada	...	Koichiro Kajimoto
Mieko Harada	...	Yoshie Miyazu
Ittoku Kishibe	...	Kazuma Seto
Claude Maki	...	Yoshiaki Munakata
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Han

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

navy | military | north korea | national security | tokyo japan | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

30 July 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Aegis

Filming Locations:

Japan

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cross Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

126 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

A gripping thriller on par with Crimson Tide!!

When a biological weapon is smuggled aboard a high tech battleship named Aegis it appears as if a new military age is dawning in Japan - Militant Terrorist Pao Yeung Fan is determined to unleash a biological weapon on Japan. But a brave Chief Petty Officer(Hiroyuki Sanada) has other ideas. He and an undercover defense agent attempt to stop them. On the surface its an action film, but beneath it is a relevant discussion of Japan's right of self defense in a new terror-age. Complicating matters is the U.S. involvement in developing the agent(GUSOH) and it being stolen from Okinawa.

The only answer to contain it is to use a thermite strike. Needless to say the tension keeps building. With the human factors of honor, duty and self-sacrifice sprinkled throughout the proceedings. If you can stand the subtitles it's worth a look! An apt quote was "A peace is a pause between wars...Damn! Out of Cigarettes,again!" Another good quote; "if a nation cannot use force in her defense, it's unfit to be called a nation!" Perhaps the late militant Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima would agree. Hence 6.8 out of 10