Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and his 76 crew members go rogue in this story that delves into themes of nuclear war, international politics, and world peace.
Savaş zamanı geçen bu macera filminde bir Amerikan denizaltısının kaptanı, Japonya'ya yapılacak büyük bir müttefik saldırısına hazırlık olarak keşif yapmak göreviyle gizlice Tokyo Körfezi'ne girer. En İyi Orijinal Senaryo Dalında Akademi Ödülü'ne aday gösterilen Steve Fisher, daha sonra senaryosunu çok satan bir savaş romanına dönüştürmüştür.
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
1940 yılında Japon halkı, ülkelerinin II. Dünya Savaşı’na girip girmemesi konusunda ikiye bölünmüştür. Bir kumaş tüccarıyla evli olan Satoko, kocasının bir şeyler çevirdiğinden şüphelenmeye başlar. Kısa sürede, niyetini saklamak zorunda hissettiği bir oyunun içine çekilir.
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.