Midnight Eagle
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is a 2007
action film directed by Izuru Narushima and written by Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel by Tetsuo Takashima
. Midnight Eagle is the third film directed by Izuru Narushima.
The film opened in the United States
on October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles
. It was also shown October 20, 2007 at the Tokyo International Film Festival
. The film opened in limited release
in the United States
in New York City
on November 23, 2007, and opened in Los Angeles
on December 7, 2007.
.
, 20% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 5 reviews. On Metacritic
, the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
action film directed by Izuru Narushima and written by Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel by Tetsuo Takashima
Tetsuo Takashima
Tetsuo Takashima is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres that include science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction.-Biography:...
. Midnight Eagle is the third film directed by Izuru Narushima.
The film opened in the United States
United States
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on October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. It was also shown October 20, 2007 at the Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biannually from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter...
. The film opened in limited release
Limited release
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in the United States
United States
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in New York City
New York City
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on November 23, 2007, and opened in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
on December 7, 2007.
Production
Executive producers were Keiji Kameyama, Kazutaka Akimoto, Yasuhide Uno, Riki Takano, and Kanjiro Sakura. Producers were Michihiko Umezawa, Masakazu Yoda, Teruo Noguchi, Tomiyasu Moriya, and Kei Fujiki. The film was shot with the full cooperation of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Ministry of Defense. Mountaineer Hirofumi Konishi was the special advisor for the scenes set in the Northern Alps. Before shooting started, the crew of the film was given training in snow-covered mountains. Midnight Eagle is the first mountain film set in Japan since The Precipice in 1958.Plot
A top secret American forces strategic bomber known as "Midnight Eagle" suddenly vanishes in the Japanese Hida MountainsHida Mountains
The , or , is a Japanese mountain range which stretches through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures. A small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture. William Gowland coined the phrase "Japanese Alps" during his time in Japan, but he was only referring to the Hida Mountains when...
.
Cast
- Takao OsawaTakao Osawais a Japanese actor and a producer. He began his career as a fashion model when he was a university student in 1987.He rose to prominence in a lead role on the television drama Heaven's Coins in 1995. He turned his focus to film roles from 2000.-Movies:...
as Yuji Nishizaki - Yuko TakeuchiYuko Takeuchiis a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
as Keiko Arisawa - Hiroshi TamakiHiroshi Tamakiis a Japanese actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama Am I Weird? in 1998...
as Shinichiro Ochiai - A-Saku Yoshida as Major Akihiko Saeki
- Yoshihiko Hakamada as Toshimitsu Fuyuki
- Nao ŌmoriNao Omoriis a Japanese actor, with his most notable role as Ichi in Ichi the Killer directed by Takashi Miike. He is the son of Japanese actor Akaji Maro. His older brother is the film director Tatsushi Ōmori. Nao is sometimes credited under the name Nao Ohmori...
as Major Kensuke Saito - Ken Ishiguro as Tadao Miyata
- Tatsuya FujiTatsuya FujiTatsuya Fuji is a Japanese film actor. He has appeared in 50 films since 1964, and was the first Japanese actor to appear in full-frontal nudity with explicit sexual scenes in a non-pornographic Japanese film, In the Realm of the Senses, which was released worldwide in 1976, but has yet to be...
as Prime Minister Watarase
Critical reception
The film received mixed reviews by Western critics. As of November 24, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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, 20% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 5 reviews. On Metacritic
Metacritic
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, the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.