Aegis
亡国のイージス
Synopsis
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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Boukoku no Aegis Trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2007-08-29
Top Cast
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Hiroyuki Sanada
Hisashi Sengoku
Akira Terao
Hirotaka Miyazu
Koichi Sato
Diasuke Atsumi
Kiichi Nakai
Yong Fa
Ryo Katsuji
Kou Kisaragi
Chae Min-seo
Jon-hee
Eisaku Yoshida
Isamu Takenaka
Shosuke Tanihara
Yudai Kazama
Masanobu Ando
Don-chol
Yoshio Harada
Koichiro Kajimoto
Mieko Harada
Yoshie Miyazu
Ittoku Kishibe
Kazuma Seto
Claude Maki
Yoshiaki Munakata
Shunsuke Matsuoka
Jun Hashizume
Sei Hiraizumi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Miyuki Komatsu
Financials & Box Office Performance
Production Budget
$12M
Filming & production cost
Worldwide Gross
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Junji Sakamoto
- Screenplay & Story
- Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa
- Original Score
- Trevor Jones
- Original Title
- 亡国のイージス
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Production Budget
- $12M
- Production Studios
- Cross Media, Nippon Herald Films, Shochiku, dentsu, Bandai Visual, Geneon Universal Entertainment, IMAGICA, Tokyo FM, Sankei Shimbun
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Junji Sakamoto
Kenzaburô Iida, Yasuo Hasegawa, Harutoshi Fukui
Trevor Jones
Norimichi Kasamatsu
William M. Anderson
Morito Ito, Hiroshi Date, Kazumi Kawashiro, Kanjiro Sakura, Junichi Kitagawa
Department Leadership Roster
Kenzaburô Iida
Screenplay
Junji Sakamoto
Director
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Director of Photography
William M. Anderson
Editor
Mitsuo Harada
Production Design
Yasuo Hasegawa
Screenplay
Trevor Jones
Original Music Composer
Morito Ito
Producer
Fumio Iwasaki
Costume Design
Satoshi Kono
Producer
Yukiko Shii
Producer
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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 directed Aegis?
Aegis was directed by Junji Sakamoto.
Who stars in Aegis?
The principal cast of Aegis includes Hiroyuki Sanada, Akira Terao, Koichi Sato, Kiichi Nakai, Ryo Katsuji.
When was Aegis released and how long is it?
Aegis was released in 2005 with a total runtime of 2h 7m.
Who composed the musical score for Aegis?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Aegis was composed by Trevor Jones.