Umizaru is a 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 action film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the 1st feature length film of the Umizaru

Umizaru

Umizaru is a 2004 action film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the 1st feature length film of the Umizaru projects, preceding the 2005 11-episode Fuji Television and Kyodo Television drama series Umizaru Evolution and the 2006 film Limit of Love: Umizaru. The film is the first of the 3 part film...

projects, preceding the 2005 11-episode Fuji Television

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

 and Kyodo Television

Kyodo Television

is a Japanese television production company founded on 1958-07-28 as . It is a subsidiary of Fuji Television, one of the largest television networks in Japan...

 drama series Umizaru Evolution and the 2006 film Limit of Love: Umizaru

Limit of Love: Umizaru

, also known as Umizaru 2: Test of Trust is a 2006 action drama film directed by Eiichiro Hasumi. It is the 2nd feature length film and third of the Umizaru projects, following on from the film Umizaru and the 11-episode drama series Umizaru Evolution...

. The film is the first of the 3 part film and television project. The project is adapted from the popular 12 Shogakukan

Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.Shogakukan founded Shueisha which founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hitotsubashi Group, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 books Umizaru written by Yōichi Komori (小森陽一) and art by Shūhō Satō

Shūhō Satō

is a Japanese manga artist. He won the Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Award for his work Say Hello to Black Jack.His assistants have included his wife, manga artist Tomomi Satō, as well as Masami Kakizaki , Takahisa Shiratori, Itsunari Fujii, Eiji Nomura, Takashi Yoshida, and Kōjirō Umezawa.-Brief...

 from 1998 to 2001. The film stars Ito Hideaki as Japan Coast Guard

Japan Coast Guard

The , formerly the Maritime Safety Agency, is the Japanese coast guard. Comprising about 12,000 personnel, it is under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and is responsible for the protection the coast-lines of Japan...

 (JCG) rescue diver Senzaki Daisuke, and Kato Ai as his love interest Izawa Kanna. The film Umizaru 3 is now in production and is expected to be released in 2010.

There are also NHK

NHK

NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

 dramas Umizaru (海猿〜うみざる) (2002) and Umizaru 2 (海猿2) (2003).

Umizaru (海猿) means "Sea Monkey"; a derogatory label slapped on the rescue diver trainees

Japan Coast Guard Academy

The is a university-level academy established within the Japan Coast Guard for the purpose of training students to become officers. It is located in Kure, Hiroshima prefecture.Students have the status of public employees...

 by local townsfolk of the city of Kure

Kure

Kure can refer to:*KURE, a radio station in Ames, Iowa*Kure Software Koubou, Japanese video game development company*Kure, Hiroshima , a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan**Kure Line, a rail line in the city...

 due to their excessive and uninhibited behaviour during off hours.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ito Hideaki	Senzaki Daisuke
Kato Ai	Izawa Kanna
Ken Kaito	Yuji Mishima
Karina Karina (Japan) is a Japanese model and actress. Her birth name is . She was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.-External links:...	Nurse Erika Matsubara
Atsushi Ito Atsushi Ito is a Japanese actor, He started acting at the age of three in education programs. He is currently studying at Hosei University Business Faculty. He is frequently cast as geeky or otaku characters...	Hajime Kudo
Kyoko Kyoko is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko.-Possible Writings:The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子...	Natsuko Nakasako
Jun Kunimura	Admiral Masaki Igarashi
Tatsuya Fuji Tatsuya Fuji Tatsuya 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...	Sergeant Minamoto