Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)

Original title

空母いぶき

Directed by

Setsuro Wakamatsu

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 14m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese aircraft carrier crew faces a crisis at sea. The film follows their efforts to defend a strategic position against a hostile force.

tensepatrioticseriousurgentlarge-scalegroundedmilitaristicsuspenseful

What happens

Kūbo Ibuki (空母いぶき; lit. 'Aircraft Carrier Ibuki') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi, with cooperation by journalist Osamu Eya. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic from December 2014 to December 2019. A sequel, titled Kūbo Ibuki Great Game, was serialized in the same magazine from December 2019 to December 2025. A third series, Kūbo Ibuki Chokepoint, started in April 2026. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in May 2019. By October 2022, the manga had over 8 million copies in circulation. In 2018, Kūbo Ibuki won the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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