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THE SILENT SERVICE: Takao Osawa Rules The Sea In The Official Trailer

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine sank in a maritime accident near Japan. Japan was shocked by the news that the survival of all 76 crew members, including the captain, Second Lieutenant Shiro Kaieda, was hopeless. However, the crew actually survived. They were selected as crew members for a nuclear submarine built in top secret by Japan and the United States. Celebrated director Kohei Yoshino (Anime Supremacy!) will soon be tried by audiences once again with upcoming manga adaptation, The Silent Service. The latest official trailer is now online for the film starring and produced by Takao Osawa (Kingdom trilogy) along with CREDEUS Inc’s Shinzo Matsuhashi, and developed in collaboration with the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The story, set in Japan’s first nuclear submarine, depicts the unpredictable actions of its captain, Shiro Kaieda, as he attempts to realize his ideal world. The story makes audience think about true peace amidst […]

THE SILENT SERVICE: Takao Osawa Takes To The High Seas In The Official Launch Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

Kaiji Kawaguchi’s late 80s manga is now a thing of big-screen aspirations with Toho and Amazon Japan partnering together for new political war thriller, The Silent Service. The first official teaser introduces leading man Takao Osawa who plays a Naval captain who declares his ship a sovereign state. Kohei Yoshino directs this, his third feature from a script by Hikaru Takai, and collaborated with the Japan Maritime Defende Forces to help bring the production to life. Osawa is also producing the film alongside Shinzô Matsuhashi, who is credited for such live-action adaptations as Gintama and Gintama 2, Rurouni Kenshin: Origins, and Shinsuke Sato’s first and second chapters of the Kingdom franchise which also co-stars Osawa. The Silent Service lands a day-and-date theatrical and streaming release in the region on September 29.