Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

2019 · 134 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.

Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu · Written by Yasuo Hasegawa

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Hidetoshi Nishijima Ryota Akitsu, Captain of Ibuki
Tsubasa Honda Yuko Honda, (Net News P-Panel reporter
Koichi Sato Prime Minister Keiichiro Tarumizu
Kuranosuke Sasaki Toshiya Niinami, Second-in Chief of Ibuki
Jun Murakami Kazuhisa Nakane, Senior Officer of Ibuki
Tatsuya Fuji Commander Tsugeharu Yui
Shigeyuki Totsugi Commander Shin Fuchigami
Hayato Ichihara Yohei Sakomizu, Captain of Albatross
Hiroshi Tamaki Nariaki Seto, Captain of Hatsuyuki
Jin Katagiri Kazuma Todo, Senior Director of Yuko Honda
Hisahiro Ogura Veteran reporter Shunichi Tanaka
Kiichi Nakai Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager

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