Japan Sinks (1973-Japan)

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Movie: Japan Sinks / Submersion of Japan / Tidal Wave
Romaji: Nippon chinbotsu
Japanese: 日本沈没
Director: Shiro Moritani
Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Sakyo Komatsu (novel)
Producer: Osamu Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematographer: Daisaku Kimura, Hiroshi Murai
Release Date: December 29, 1973
Runtime: 140 min.
Studio: Toho
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Geophysicists Dr. Tadokoro and his assistants have discovered abnormal fragmentations under the open sea of Izu. Enough data to believe that a big disaster, namely, the Islands of Japan, will submerge into the sea within 2 years. The Japanese Government was skeptical about this at first, but then decided an evacuation, i.e. 'Plan D'. However, the destruction is beyond Dr. Tadokoro's estimation! Now, tremendous earthquakes everywhere in Japan, extinct volcanoes are becoming active again. "Plan D" is now enforced. Will the entire Japan submerge as divination?

Notes

Related titles:
1. Japan Sinks (1973)
2. The Sinking of Japan | Nihon chinbotsu (2006)
3. The World Sinks Except Japan | Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu (2006) * parody

Cast

Tetsuro Tamba - Prime Minister Yamamoto
Keiju Kobayashi - Dr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)
Hiroshi Fujioka - Onodera Toshio (Submarine Wadatsumi Pilot)
Ayumi Ishida - Abe Reiko
Shogo Shimada - Watari (Political Fixer)
John Fujioka - Narita
Andrew Hughes - Australian Prime Minister
Nobuo Nakamura - Japanese Ambassador to Australia
Haruo Nakajima - Prime Minister's Chauffeur
Takeshi Yamamoto
Hideaki Nitani - Dr.Nakata (Cognitive Science D-2 Project Leader)
Isao Natsuyagi - Yuuki
Yusuke Takita - Assistant Professor Yukinaga (Geophysics)
Tetsu Nakamura - Philippines Ambassador to United Nations
Eisaburo Komatsu
Kunio Murai - Kataoka (sdf technical research labo)
Tadao Nakamaru - Kuni-eda (Intelligence Bureau)
Tsunehiro Arai
Yuzo Hayakawa - SDF General
Van Henry - Dr. Eugene Cox
Toshio Hosokawa - Chief Secretary
Kazuo Kato - Mimura
Shigeru Koyama - Yoshimura
Kanta Mori - Defence Minister
Akira Nagoya - D-2 Security
Mizuho Suzuki - Science Minister
Masaya Takahashi - Professor Yamashiro

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Comment #1
Katherine Says:
Jun 29 2011 11:02 am

I happened to see this movie when I first returned to my homeland (Greece) and have NEVER forgotten the impact it made on me. I would like to know if I can see it again (on YouTube perhaps, in segments ?).... Can someone tellme please? I have searched the Internet, but have only found references to the 1973 movie, no links.