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Umizaru (film)

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Umizaru
The poster for the film.
Directed byEiichiro Hasumi
Written byManga:
Shūhō Satō
Screenplay:
Fukada Yasushi
StarringIto Hideaki
Kato Ai
Ken Kaito
Karina
Atsushi Ito
Miki Ryosuke
Kyoko
Jun Kunimura
Music bySato Naoki
Release date
2004
Running time
120 min.
LanguageJapanese

Umizaru is a 2004 action film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the 1st feature length film of the Umizaru projects, preceding the 2005 11-episode Fuji Television and Kyodo Television drama series Umizaru Evolution and the 2006 film Limit of Love: Umizaru. The film is the first of the 3 part film and television project. The project is adapted from the popular 12 Shogakukan manga books Umizaru written by Yōichi Komori (小森陽一) and art by Shūhō Satō from 1998 to 2001. The film stars Ito Hideaki as Japan Coast Guard (JCG) rescue diver Senzaki Daisuke, and Kato Ai as his love interest Izawa Kanna.

There are also NHK dramas Umizaru (海猿〜うみざる) (2002) and Umizaru 2 (海猿2) (2003).

Umizaru (海猿) means "Sea Monkey"; a derogatory label slapped on the rescue diver trainees by local townsfolk of the city of Kure due to their excessive and uninhibited behaviour during off hours.

Journey's "Open Arms" as the theme song was used in the film.

Cast

Actor Role
Ito Hideaki Senzaki Daisuke
Kato Ai Izawa Kanna
Ken Kaito Yuji Mishima
Karina Nurse Erika Matsubara
Atsushi Ito Hajime Kudo
Kyoko Natsuko Nakasako
Jun Kunimura Admiral Masaki Igarashi
Tatsuya Fuji Sergeant Minamoto