Umizaru (2004-Japan)

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Movie: Sea Monkey / Umizaru
Romaji: Umizaru
Japanese: 海猿ウミザル
Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
Assistant Director: Kazuhiko Kondo
Writer: Yoichi Komori (manga), Shuho Sato, Yasushi Fukuda
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: June 12, 2004
Runtime: 120 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

The movie "Umizaru" is the story of 14 young Japan Coast Guard officers who take part in a grueling training to become rescue divers. They must endure and survive a 50-day training. Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito) and 13 other recruits take part in the training. With his love for the ocean and dream to work as a rescuer at sea, a rescue diver seemed like the perfect occupation for Daisuke.

Notes

Based on manga series "Umizaru" by Shuho Sato and Yoichi Komori (original idea and research for the manga). The manga series was published from December, 1998 to June, 2001 in manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday.
Related titles:
1. Umizaru (2004)
2. Umizaru (Fuji TV / 2005)
3. Limit of Love: Umizaru (2006)
4. The Last Message: Umizaru | Za rasuto messeji: Umizaru (2010)
5. Umizaru 4: Brave Hearts | Brave Hearts Umizaru (2012)

Cast



Hideaki Ito	Ai Kato	Ken Kaito	Karina	Atsushi Ito
Daisuke Senzaki	Kanna Izawa	Yuji Mishima	Nurse Erika Matsubara	Hajime Kudo

Mitsu Murata	Motoki Fukami	Sogen Tanaka	Jun Kunimura	Tatsuya Fuji
Atsushi Kawaguchi	Makoto Tsuchiya	Eiji Nomura	Admiral Masaki Igarashi	Chief Taro Minamoto