Tamaki Hiroshi (MW, Nodame Cantabile) stars in the World War II era naval action film Battle Under Orion (a.k.a. Manatsu no Orion and Last Operations Under the Orion). Based on an Ikegami Tsukasa novel and directed by Shinohara Tetsuo (Riding the Metro), the film alternates between the past and present, linked by a fateful song. Rising actress Kitagawa Keiko (Buzzer Beat) takes dual roles as Tamaki's love interest and his granddaughter. Battle Under Orion also co-stars Hiraoka Yuta (Swing Girls), Kikawada Masaya (God's Puzzle), Masuoka Toru (K-20), and Dochin Yoshikuni of J-pop duo CHEMISTRY in his acting debut.
Captain Kuromato Takayuki (Tamaki Hiroshi) and his submarnine crew are engaged in battle with an American destroyer off the coast of Okinawa. Before heading to the frontline, he receives from his lover Shiduko (Kitagawa Keiko) a final present, the score to a song titled Manatsu no Orion. Sixty-four years later, Takayuki and Shiduko's granddaughter (Kitagawa Keiko) discovers the score and the signifance behind the song.
Description :
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.
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