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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (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.

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Top billed cast

Hidetoshi NishijimaRyota Akitsu, Captain of Ibuki
Tsubasa HondaYuko Honda, (Net News P-Panel reporter
Koichi SatoPrime Minister Keiichiro Tarumizu
Kuranosuke SasakiToshiya Niinami, Second-in Chief of Ibuki
Jun MurakamiKazuhisa Nakane, Senior Officer of Ibuki
Tatsuya FujiCommander Tsugeharu Yui
Shigeyuki TotsugiCommander Shin Fuchigami
Hayato IchiharaYohei Sakomizu, Captain of Albatross
Hiroshi TamakiNariaki Seto, Captain of Hatsuyuki
Jin KatagiriKazuma Todo, Senior Director of Yuko Honda

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