Last Operations Under the Orion (2009)

Original title

真夏のオリオン

Directed by

Tetsuo Shinohara

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Near the end of World War Two, a Japanese submarine crew faces off against an American destroyer in a tense naval battle. The story follows the men's fear and resolve as they try to complete their mission.

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What happens

Last Operations Under the Orion (Japanese: 真夏のオリオン, Hepburn: Manatsu no Orion), also known as Battle Under Orion, is a 2009 Japanese action drama film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara depicting an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine battling a United States Navy destroyer near the end of World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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