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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
tensebleakurgentsomberpressuredharrowingclaustrophobicresolute
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)
More like this
Pandora (2016)
The Seal of the Sun (2016)
Deathquake (1980)
Mrs. Noisy (2020)
Science on the Edge: Fukushima: Robots in Hell (2016)
Japan Sinks: People of Hope (2021)
Alice in Borderland (2020)
Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.