Fukushima 50 (2020)

Directed by

Setsurō Wakamatsu

Genre

disaster film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

12

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of power plant workers stay behind to try to prevent a nuclear meltdown after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. The film follows them as they face radiation danger and difficult decisions in the control room.

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What happens

Fukushima 50 is a 2020 Japanese disaster drama film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu and written by Yōichi Maekawa. Starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, it is about the titular group of employees tasked with handling the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film is based on the book by Ryusho Kadota, titled On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, and it is one of the first Japanese films to depict the disaster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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