Posted on July 4, 2015 |
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Snow on the Blades / Zakurozaka no adauchi (2014)
Action | Drama | History
Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima, Sei Matobu, Eisaku Yoshida, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yuria Kizaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kichiemon Nakamura
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
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Tags: Eisaku Yoshida, Hiroshi Abe, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Masahiro Takashima, Ryôko Hirosue, Sei Matobu, Setsurô Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yuria Kizaki
Posted on December 1, 2012 |
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Battle Under Orion / Manatsu no Orion (2009)
Action | War
The final days of World War II – the ocean southeast of Okinawa. The Japanese last hope is entrusted on i-77, the last of the deployed submarines to strike at the U.S. Navy's fuel-supply lines. Takayuki Kuramoto (Hiroshi Tamaki), Commander of the i-77 is up against Mike Stewart, the captain of the R.S. destroyer Percival who has the finest record in the U.S. Navy. As the i-77 and U.S. destroyer Percival begin a mutual hunt, the two captains bring all their knowledge and power to bear as, with lessening supplies of torpedoes and depth charges, they battle. Kuramoto, the lives of his young crew members in his charge, is forced by the difficulties of battle into a serious decision. With Midsummer Orion, a piece of music sheet, in his breast pocket, he sets out on a final battle that will mean life or death. August, 1945: The fuse is lit on a final battle to the limits of mind and body.
Starring: Yoshikuni Dôchin, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mutsutoshi Furuhata, Yûta Hiraoka, Fumio Itô
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
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Tags: Fumio Itô, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Mutsutoshi Furuhata, Tetsuo Shinohara, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yûta Hiraoka
