is a Japanese action drama film directed by
Tetsuo Shinohara
is a Japanese film director. His film ''First Love (2000 film), First Love'' was the 3rd Best Film at the 22nd Yokohama Film Festival.
Filmography
* ''Running High'' (1989)
* ''Work on the Grass'' (1993)
* ''One More Time, One More Chance'' (19 ...
depicting an
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, Potsdam Declaration, when it was dissolved followin ...
submarine
A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...
battling a
United States Navy
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destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...
near the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Plot
The story alternates between the past and present, linked by a fateful song. During World War II, Japanese submarine I-77 battles an American destroyer off the coast of
Okinawa
most commonly refers to:
* Okinawa Prefecture, Japan's southernmost prefecture
* Okinawa Island, the largest island of Okinawa Prefecture
* Okinawa Islands, an island group including Okinawa itself
* Okinawa (city), the second largest city in th ...
. Before heading to war, the captain received a final present from his lover, the score to a song titled ''Manatsu no Orion''. Sixty-four years later, his granddaughter discovers the score and the significance behind the song.
Cast
*
Hiroshi Tamaki
is a Japanese actor and singer from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama ''Am I Weird?'' (私ってへん？ ''Watashitte Hen?'') in ...
as Takayuki Kuramoto
*
Keiko Kitagawa
is a Japanese actress. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese '' Seventeen'' magazine from late 2003 to mid-2006, and quit modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live action show '' Pret ...
as Shizuko Arisawa / Izumi Kuramoto
*
Yoshikuni Dōchin as Yoshihiko Arisawa
*
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Born in Aomori Prefecture, Fukikoshi moved to Tokyo at age 19 and joined the Wahaha Honpo theater troupe. Since leaving Wahaha in 1999, he has appeared in many films and television dramas, while continuing to act on ...
as Hiroshi Nakatsu
*
Yuta Hiraoka as Makoto Tsubota
*
Masaya Kikawada as Hajime Toyama
*
Taiga
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as Katsumi Suzuki
See also
* ''
Das Boot
(; ) is a 1981 West Germany, West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. An Film adaptation, adaptation of Lothar-Günthe ...
''
*
Submarine films
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*
Battle of the Atlantic
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(1939–1945)
* ''
The Cruel Sea''
References
External links
*
*
Last Operations Under the Orion' at Japanese Cinema Database
*
' at
Toho
is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. ...
Global Site
*
Battle under Orion' at Japanese Film Database
2009 films
World War II submarine films
Films directed by Tetsuo Shinohara
Films set in the 1940s
Japanese war drama films
Films scored by Taro Iwashiro
Toho films
Japanese World War II films
2000s Japanese films
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