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Deep Sea Tension Rises in The Silent Service Live-Action Film New Trailer

 

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Kaiji Kawaguchi’s manga The Silent Service began streaming a new trailer introducing more footage.

 

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The new clip depicts Japan’s first nuclear submarine, the Seabat, defying the intense bombardment from fighter planes and diving into the deep sea, while playing Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter.” The submarine is followed by the Ronald Reagan, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the U.S. Seventh Fleet.

 

Shiro Kaieda (Takao Osawa), equipped with nuclear missiles on the world’s most advanced high-performance nuclear submarine, embarks on a shocking escape, saying, “I need power to realize my ideals.” In contrast, Hiroshi Fukamachi (Hiroshi Tamaki), captain of the diesel submarine “Tatsunami” of the MSDF, shows his strong determination, saying, “If I think you are wrong, I will stop you even if I have to sink you.” What is Kaieda’s ideal?What is Kaieda’s true intention, as he smiles fearlessly at the point of a gun?

 

 

Kawaguchi’s original manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Morning magzine from 1988 to 1996, then compiled in 32 tankobon volumes with a total circulation of 32 million copies (paper and digital). The series was previously adapted into a three-chapter OVA series by Sunrise from 1995 to 1998.

 

The live-action film is produced as an original film for Amazon Prime Video and will also be released theatrically by Toho nationwide in Japan on September 29, 2023. This is the first time Amazon has produced a Japanese theatrical film. Kohei Yoshimoto, whose Haken Anime! received high acclaim last year, is attached to direct. In addition to playing the protagonist, Takao Osawa also produces the film himself.

 

Main cast: 

 

  • Takao Osawa as Shiro Kaieda, the captain of Japan’s first nuclear submarine, Seabat 
  • Hiroshi Tamaki as Hiroshi Fukamachi, the captain of the Japanese diesel submarine, Tatsunami
  • Aya Ueto as Hiromi Ichitani, a newscaster who tries to expose a government conspiracy
  • Yosuke Eguchi as Wataru Kaibara, Chief Cabinet Secretary
  • Tomoya Nakamura as Soushi Irie, a Self Defense Force member who was once on the same ship as Kaieda and Fukamachi
  • Aoi Nakamura as Eiji Yamanaka, the Deputy captain of Seabat. Kaieda’s right-hand man.

Poster visual:

 

Source: “The Silent Service” live-action film official website / Twitter

 

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