{{Infobox film | name = Midnight Eagle | image = Midnight Eagle poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Izuru Narushima | screenplay = Yasuo Hasegawa<br>Kenzaburo Iida | based_on = {{Based on|''Midnight Eagle''|Tetsuo Takashima}} | producer = Michihiko Umezawa<br>Masakazu Yoda<br>Teruo Noguchi<br>Tomiyasu Moriya<br>Kei Fujiki | starring = Tatsuya Fuji<br>Yoshihiko Hakamada<br>Ken Ishiguro<br>Nao Ōmori<br>Takao Osawa<br>Yūko Takeuchi<br>Hiroshi Tamaki<br>A-Saku Yoshida | music = Takeshi Kobayashi | cinematography = Hideo Yamamoto | editing = William M. Anderson | studio = {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures Japan * Shochiku * Geneon Entertainment * TV Asahi * Asahi Broadcasting Corporation * Nagoya Broadcasting Network * Hokkaido Television Broadcasting * The Niigata Television Network 21 * Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting * IMAGICA * USEN * Destiny }} | distributor = Shochiku Company<br>Shochiku Eizo Company<br>Universal Pictures<br>Strand Releasing | released = {{Film date|2007|10|02|United States}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = }} {{nihongo|'''''Midnight Eagle'''''|ミッドナイト・イーグル|Middonaito Iiguru}} is a 2007 action film directed by Izuru Narushima and written by Yasuo Hasegawa and Kenzaburo Iida, based on the novel by Tetsuo Takashima. ''Midnight Eagle'' is the third film directed by Izuru Narushima.<ref>[http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/crew.html Midnight Eagle]. Retrieved 2007-11-24 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112073731/http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/crew.html |date=November 12, 2007 }}</ref>
The film opened in the United States on October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles. It was also shown October 20, 2007 at the Tokyo International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997167/releaseinfo |title=Middonaito Îguru (2007) - Release dates |accessdate=2007-11-24 |publisher=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> The film opened in limited release in the United States in New York City on November 23, 2007, and opened in Los Angeles on December 7, 2007.<ref name="Midnight Eagle - Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/middonaito_iguru/ |title=Midnight Eagle - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-11-24 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>
==Production== Executive producers were Keiji Kameyama, Kazutaka Akimoto, Yasuhide Uno, Riki Takano, and Kanjiro Sakura. Producers were Michihiko Umezawa, Masakazu Yoda, Teruo Noguchi, Tomiyasu Moriya, and Kei Fujiki.<ref name=official_en>[http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/index.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111153843/http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/index.html |date=November 11, 2007 }}</ref> The film was shot with the full cooperation of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and Ministry of Defense.<ref name=official_production>[http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/production.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111153854/http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/production.html |date=November 11, 2007 }}</ref> Mountaineer Hirofumi Konishi was the special advisor for the scenes set in the Northern Alps.<ref name=official_production/> Before shooting started, the crew of the film was given training in snow-covered mountains.<ref name=official_production/> ''Midnight Eagle'' was the first mountain film set in Japan since ''The Precipice'' in 1958.<ref name=official_production/>
==Plot== A top secret American forces strategic bomber known as "Midnight Eagle" suddenly vanishes in the Japanese Hida Mountains.
==Cast== *Takao Osawa as Yuji Nishizaki *Yūko Takeuchi as Keiko Arisawa *Hiroshi Tamaki as Shinichiro Ochiai *A-Saku Yoshida as Major Akihiko Saeki *Yoshihiko Hakamada as Toshimitsu Fuyuki *Nao Ōmori as Major Kensuke Saito *Ken Ishiguro as Tadao Miyata *Tatsuya Fuji as Prime Minister Watarase
==Critical reception== The film received mixed reviews by Western critics. As of November 24, 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 20% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 5 reviews.<ref name="Midnight Eagle - Rotten Tomatoes"/> On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 48 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/midnighteagle |title=Midnight Eagle (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2007-11-24 |publisher=Metacritic}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.midnighteagle.jp/english/}} * {{IMDb title|0997167|Midnight Eagle}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|middonaito_iguru|Midnight Eagle}} * {{Metacritic film|title=Midnight Eagle}} * {{mojo title|midnighteagle|Midnight Eagle}}
{{Izuru Narushima}}
Category:2007 action films Category:2007 films Category:2007 Japanese-language films Category:Climbing and mountaineering films Category:Japanese aviation films Category:Shochiku films Category:Films directed by Izuru Narushima Category:Japanese action films Category:2007 Japanese films Category:Films scored by Takeshi Kobayashi