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The Big Bee

The Big Bee

20155.72h 18m

Overview

Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.

Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Written by Ichiro Kusuno, Keigo Higashino
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Top Cast

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Yuhara

Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

Akamine

Go Ayano

Go Ayano

Saika

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Jiro Sato

Jiro Sato

J

Jiro Kagoshima

Kyosuke Yabe

Kyosuke Yabe

Tasuku Nagase

Tasuku Nagase

Satoshi Matsuda

Satoshi Matsuda

Kei Ishibashi

Kei Ishibashi

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookbombrescue missionnuclear power plantchild in perilterrorismhostage situationnuclear threatmoral dilemma1990sfather son relationship

About The Big Bee

The Big Bee is a thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of based on novel or book, bomb, rescue mission, nuclear power plant, child in peril, terrorism. Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, it stars Yosuke Eguchi, Yukie Nakama, Go Ayano. Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.

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