Writer
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
Director
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
Production Design
人類とバグとの戦いが続く未来。強襲揚陸艦アレジア号の兵士たちは、バグに襲撃された小惑星基地の救出に出動するが、逆に敵の大群に囲まれ混乱状態に陥ってしまう。そんな中、基地にいた大臣ジェンキンスが戦艦JAW（ジョン・A・ウォーデン）号を半ば強引に指揮下において脱出。本来のJAW号艦長カルメンは、リコ将軍の命を受けてアレジア号に合流、重要貨物を積んで姿を消したJAW号の捜索を開始する。
