The read
A Balasaur Score of 55 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.5/10.
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.
Ratings
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Junji SakamotoDirector
- Kenzaburô IidaScreenplay
- Yasuo HasegawaScreenplay
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hiroyuki SanadaHisashi Sengoku
- Akira TeraoHirotaka Miyazu
- Koichi SatoDiasuke Atsumi
- Kiichi NakaiYong Fa
- Ryo KatsujiKou Kisaragi
- Chae Min-seoJon-hee
- Eisaku YoshidaIsamu Takenaka
- Shosuke TaniharaYudai Kazama
- Masanobu AndoDon-chol
- Yoshio HaradaKoichiro Kajimoto
- Mieko HaradaYoshie Miyazu
- Ittoku KishibeKazuma Seto
