Aegis (亡国のイージス) 19 years old

Aegis

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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Aegis Cast

Name Character
Claude Maki He was 32, now 52 years old as Yoshiaki Munakata
Hiroyuki Sanada He was 44, now 64 years old as Hisashi Sengoku
Ryo Katsuji He was 18, now 38 years old as Kou Kisaragi
Chae Min-seo She was 24, now 43 years old as Jon-hee
Yoshio Harada He was 65, 71 years old when he died as Koichiro Kajimoto
Akira Terao He was 58, now 77 years old as Hirotaka Miyazu
Ittoku Kishibe He was 58, now 77 years old as Kazuma Seto
Shōsuke Tanihara He was 33, now 52 years old as Yudai Kazama
Mansaku Ikeuchi He was 33, now 52 years old
Koichi Sato He was 18, now 38 years old as Diasuke Atsumi
Ikuji Nakamura He was 51, now 70 years old
Kosuke Toyohara He was 39, now 59 years old
Kiichi Nakai He was 43, now 63 years old as Yong Fa
Sei Hiraizumi He was 61, now 80 years old
Kenichi Yajima He was 49, now 68 years old
Mieko Harada She was 46, now 65 years old as Yoshie Miyazu
Takashi Shikauchi He was 64, now 83 years old
Masanobu Ando He was 30, now 49 years old as Don-chol
Ken Mitsuishi He was 43, now 63 years old
Shunsuke Matsuoka He was 33, now 52 years old
Katsuhiko Sasaki He was 60, now 79 years old
Jun Hashizume He was 44, now 64 years old
Yamada Toshiaki
Miyuki Komatsu She was 34, now 53 years old
Eisaku Yoshida He was 36, now 55 years old as Isamu Takenaka
Ryu Morioka

Aegis Crew

Name Department
Junji Sakamoto as Director. He was 46 (now 66) years old Directing
Yasuo Hasegawa as Screenplay. He was 52 (now 71) years old Writing
Kenzaburô Iida as Screenplay. Writing
Harutoshi Fukui as Original Story. Writing
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Aegis (19 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 30, 2005
  • Runtime: 127 minutes
  • Budget: 12000000.00