Last Operations Under the Orion

Last Operations Under the Orion
Japanese	真夏のオリオン
Directed by	Tetsuo Shinohara
Based on	Orion Midsummer, a novel by [1]
Starring	Hiroshi Tamaki Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Music by	Taro Iwashiro
Distributed by	Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
Release date	13 June 2009 (2009-06-13)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$5,474,821[2]

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.

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

References[]

External links[]

• Manatsu no Orion at IMDb
• Last Operations Under the Orion at AllMovie
• Last Operations Under the Orion at Japanese Cinema Database (in Japanese)
• Battle under Orion at Toho Global Site
• Battle under Orion at Japanese Film Database

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