Aegis

Aegis (2005) is a action, thriller film directed by Junji Sakamoto rated 5.4/10.

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.

Cast

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