Underplayed Gems

Tidal Wave (1973)

Tidal Wave poster
Original title
日本沈没
Directed by
Shirō Moritani
Cast
Kobayashi Keiju, Murano Takenori, Yumi Kaoru, Mari Christine, Ogawa Tomoko, Hosokawa Toshiyuki, Kurosawa Toshio, Hashimoto Isao
Genre
action film, science fiction film, disaster film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
16
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A series of massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions threaten to destroy Japan. Geologists and government officials race to evacuate millions as the country begins to sink into the ocean.

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What happens

Submersion of Japan (Japanese: 日本沈没, Hepburn: Nihon Chinbotsu; lit. 'Japan Sinks') is a Japanese disaster film directed by Shirō Moritani in 1973. It is based on the 1973 novel Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu. The film stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka and Ayumi Ishida. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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