Tidal Wave (1973)

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

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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