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The Big Bee (2015)

Tenkû no hachi (original title)
| Thriller | 12 September 2015 (Japan)
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Engineers try to save a young child and a nuclear power plant from a helicopter guided by a criminal.

Director:

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writers:

Keigo Higashino (based on the novel by), Ichirô Kusuno (screenplay)

Stars:

Yôsuke Eguchi, Masahiro Motoki, Yukie Nakama | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Yôsuke Eguchi ... Kazuaki Yuhara
Masahiro Motoki ... Koichi Mishima
Yukie Nakama Yukie Nakama ... Akamine
Gô Ayano ... Saika
Akira Emoto Akira Emoto ... Murofushi
Jun Kunimura ... Nakatsuka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kei Ishibashi Kei Ishibashi
Renji Ishibashi ... Tsutsui
Jirô Kagoshima Jirô Kagoshima
Yasuyuki Maekawa
Satoshi Matsuda Satoshi Matsuda
Hana Matsushima Hana Matsushima
Ken Mitsuishi Ken Mitsuishi ... Sakuma
Yutaka Morioka Yutaka Morioka
Osamu Mukai ... Takahiko (adult)
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Storyline

Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, government and media all receive a fax that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline within 8 hours the helicopter will be dropped. Also, a young child is in the helicopter. Yuhara, helicopter designer, and Mishima, nuclear power engineer, work frantically to save the child and find the criminal. Written by arogyame

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Official Sites:

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

12 September 2015 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

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Office Crescendo, Shochiku See more »
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