Aegis

Jul 30, 2005

2h 7m

★ 4.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Cross Media

Nippon Herald Films

Shochiku

dentsu

Bandai Visual

Geneon Universal Entertainment

IMAGICA

Tokyo FM

Sankei Shimbun

Aegis Trailers

Cast

Hisashi Sengoku

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hirotaka Miyazu

Akira Terao

Diasuke Atsumi

Koichi Sato

Yong Fa

Kiichi Nakai

Kou Kisaragi

Ryo Katsuji

Jon-hee

Chae Min-seo

Isamu Takenaka

Eisaku Yoshida

Yudai Kazama

Shosuke Tanihara

Don-chol

Masanobu Ando

Koichiro Kajimoto

Yoshio Harada

Yoshie Miyazu

Mieko Harada

Kazuma Seto

Ittoku Kishibe

A member of the Air Self-Defense Force learns of a crucial national secret: that conscription will be introduced to Japan. Pursued by the state, the man and his wife attempt to flee to her parents' home, but along the way they meet a carefree young man who loves movies. Meanwhile, back in his rural hometown, his father-in-law is in critical condition, but his sister-in-law neglects to care for him and instead engages in phone sex with him.

5.2

Samurai Commando Mission 1549

Jun 11, 2005

An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.

6.3

Silent Service

Dec 18, 1995

Codename: Seabat. The most dangerous submarine ever created. Explosively nuclear and manned by a crew that is officially dead, the Seabat is the most closely guarded military secret in the world. And it has just gone rogue.

7.0

August Without Emperor

Sep 23, 1978

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

5.9

G.I. Samurai

Sep 17, 1979

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

5.6

Battle Under Orion

Jun 13, 2009

The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.

7.0

Best Guy

Dec 15, 1990

Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.

6.1

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

May 24, 2019

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.

6.6

Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea

Apr 19, 2013

It’s a high-stakes mystery on the high seas! Enjoying a free prize cruise on a military ship, Conan and his friends find their relaxation interrupted by the threat of possible explosives on board! It’s a race against time to find the culprit and save the ship — and potentially the whole country!

0.0

Mideast Report

Jul 31, 2004

Interviews about Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in Iraq collected from Middle Eastern intellectuals, cultural figures, and Palestinians living in refugee camps in March 2004.

4.0

Zombie Self-Defense Force

Apr 25, 2006

When a UFO crashes and releases radiation, the dead begin to rise in a cannibalistic frenzy. A group of soldiers and civilians make their way to a hotel and must fend off the zombie hordes.

0.0

Tiger Flight

Feb 29, 1964

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

9.5

The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean

Sep 26, 2025

In the freezing northern seas, the Yamato nuclear submarine begins its deep underwater voyage to the tune of Mozart, heading for the United Nations headquarters in New York. In the Bering Strait between the US and Russia, another submarine approaches: an American nuclear submarine that overwhelmingly dwarfs the Yamato. Now, a battle commences among the cracking floes of the cold Arctic Ocean.

8.4

The Silent Service

Sep 29, 2023

Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and his 76 crew members go rogue in this story that delves into themes of nuclear war, international politics, and world peace.

0.0

Migi muke hidari! Jieitai he ikô

Apr 22, 1995

Based on the manga of the same name by Buronson (Yoshiyuki Okamura). The story of a young man who volunteers to join the air force for selfish reasons, but grows through rigorous training and interaction with his friends.

3.5

Wild Cherry

Mar 18, 1982

Hong Kong drama film.

0.0

Twin Kiddies

May 31, 1916

In March 1916, Pathé released a short feature entitled Little Mary Sunshine, starring a four-year-old Marie Osborne. This was one of the first features ever directed by King and it was so successful that Pathé asked the original production company, Balboa, for five more features with the same child wonder. All were produced during the second half of 1916, and only three of them survive today – one being Twin Kiddies, which shows the amazing progress King had made since the first film in the series. Of course, the story is thin, the ending quite abrupt, and the opening sequences rather long. Yet, the direction is much more subtle, alternating between shots of different size, suggesting that King was mastering the art of composition.

0.0

The Gilded Lily

Mar 27, 1921

A hostess at a Broadway cafe marries one of her many suitors, and finds out her new husband is prone to drinking heavily.

0.0

Evil Twin

Dec 6, 2013

Gangsters get their hands on a teleportation device and this causes major conflict in the team.

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