
The Aurora
2000-08-06 · 91 min · ★ 4.5
Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ancient bacteria, once revived, attempt to make the world habitable for themselves - a process that would bring Earth back to its early primal form, killing all current life in the process.
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- Directors
- Yoshinori Sugano
- Production companies
- Nippon Television Network Corporation
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Shigeru ChibaJack Mollard (voice)
Toshio FurukawaToru Enriques (voice)
Takaya HashiHatsuhiko Goto (voice)
Megumi OkinaChun-lu Wang (voice)
Akira KamiyaYu-long Wang (voice)
Hideyuki TanakaMakoto Watanabe (voice)
Junichi IshidaShinji Amari (voice)
Issei IshidaHiroshi Ibuki (voice)
Megumi HayashibaraNora (voice)
Ryūta KawabataWataru Oguchi (voice)
Hiroshi IwasakiTakashi Suematsu (voice)
Kunihiko YasuiMasato Harada (voice)
Naoki MakishimaHitoshi Ueda (voice)
Shigeru UshiyamaToshinori Iwakuni (voice)
Tomohiro TsuboiNorimasa Yamaguchi (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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