Last Operations Under the Orion
2009 Japanese film
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Last Operations Under the Orion[3][4] (真夏のオリオン, Manatsu no Orion; also known as Battle Under Orion) is a Japanese action drama film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara[5] depicting an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine battling a United States Navy destroyer near the end of World War II.
Kanji真夏のオリオン
Directed byTetsuo Shinohara
Based onOrion Midsummer, a novel by Harutoshi Fukui[1]
StarringHiroshi Tamaki
Yoshikuni Dôchin
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Yoshikuni Dôchin
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
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| Kanji | 真夏のオリオン |
| Directed by | Tetsuo Shinohara |
| Based on | Orion Midsummer, a novel by Harutoshi Fukui[1] |
| Starring | Hiroshi Tamaki Yoshikuni Dôchin Mitsuru Fukikoshi |
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro |
| Distributed by | Asahi Broadcasting Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $5,474,821[2] |
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. 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 as Takayuki Kuramoto
- Keiko Kitagawa as Shizuko Arisawa / Izumi Kuramoto
- Yoshikuni Dōchin as Yoshihiko Arisawa
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Hiroshi Nakatsu
- Yuta Hiraoka as Makoto Tsubota
- Masaya Kikawada as Hajime Toyama
- Taiga as Katsumi Suzuki
See also
- Das Boot
- Submarine films
- Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)
- The Cruel Sea
