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12 movies and shows

Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea

Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea

Fri, 19 Apr 2013

The movie is set on a state-of-the art Aegis vessel with the full cooperation of Japan's real-life Ministry of Defense and Maritime Self-Defense Force. The corpse of a Self-Defense Force member has been found — minus the left arm — and a spy has infiltrated the Aegis vessel. The heroine Ran is put in jeopardy, and Conan is forced to stand up against the dangerous Spy "X."

G.I. Samurai

G.I. Samurai

Mon, 17 Sep 1979

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.

Samurai Commando Mission 1549

Samurai Commando Mission 1549

Sat, 11 Jun 2005

An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.

The Silent Service

The Silent Service

Fri, 29 Sep 2023

Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and his 76 crew members go rogue in this story that delves into themes of nuclear war, international politics, and world peace.

Silent Service

Silent Service

Mon, 18 Dec 1995

Codename: Seabat. The most dangerous submarine ever created. Explosively nuclear and manned by a crew that is officially dead, the Seabat is the most closely guarded military secret in the world. And it has just gone rogue.

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki

Fri, 24 May 2019

The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.

Tiger Flight

Tiger Flight

Sat, 29 Feb 1964

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

BEST GUY

BEST GUY

Sat, 15 Dec 1990

Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.

Migi muke hidari! Jieitai he ikô

Migi muke hidari! Jieitai he ikô

Sat, 22 Apr 1995

Based on the manga of the same name by Buronson (Yoshiyuki Okamura). The story of a young man who volunteers to join the air force for selfish reasons, but grows through rigorous training and interaction with his friends.

Zombie Self-Defense Force

Zombie Self-Defense Force

Tue, 25 Apr 2006

When a UFO crashes and releases radiation, the dead begin to rise in a cannibalistic frenzy. A group of soldiers and civilians make their way to a hotel and must fend off the zombie hordes.

Mideast Report

Mideast Report

Sat, 31 Jul 2004

Interviews about Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in Iraq collected from Middle Eastern intellectuals, cultural figures, and Palestinians living in refugee camps in March 2004.