13 Mar 2004
Hana and Alice
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
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.
Top Billed Cast
西島秀俊 Ryota Akitsu, Captain of Ibuki
本田翼 Yuko Honda, (Net News P-Panel reporter
佐藤浩市 Prime Minister Keiichiro Tarumizu
佐々木蔵之介 Toshiya Niinami, Second-in Chief of Ibuki
村上淳 Kazuhisa Nakane, Senior Officer of Ibuki
藤竜也 Commander Tsugeharu Yui
戸次重幸 Commander Shin Fuchigami
市原隼人 Yohei Sakomizu, Captain of Albatross
玉木宏 Nariaki Seto, Captain of Hatsuyuki
片桐仁 Kazuma Todo, Senior Director of Yuko Honda
小倉久寛 Veteran reporter Shunichi Tanaka
中井貴一 Keiichi Nakano, convenience store manager
藤原竜也 Keiji Wakui
深川麻衣 Shiori Moriyama, part-time clerk at a convenience store
石田法嗣 Masanao Katsuragi
益岡徹 Toshimichi Ishiwatari, Chief Cabinet Secretary
中村育二 Sosuke Shiroyama, Minister for Foreign Affairs
平埜生成 Masato Kakinuma, Pilot of Albatross
工藤俊作 Urata Tetsuto, Captain of Ashita
千葉哲也 Shuzo Yamamoto
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