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Also known as Nihon Chinbotsu, Submersion of Japan

1973 film by Shirō Moritani

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7.0

A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.

Released: 1973-12-29143 minDir: Shirō MoritaniThriller, Science Fiction, DramaBudget: $18.6MBox office: $49.7M

Cast

  • Keiju Kobayashi as Dr. Tadokoro
  • Hiroshi Fujioka as Onodera Toshio
  • Ayumi Ishida as Abe Reiko
  • Tetsuro Tamba as Prime Minister Yamamoto
  • Shōgo Shimada as Old man Watari
  • John Fujioka as Narita

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • natural disaster
  • earthquake
  • disaster
  • tokusatsu

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Ratings

IMDb

5.6/10

590 votes

Year
1973
Runtime
143 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Japan
Original language
Japanese
Based on
Japan Sinks
Screenwriter
Sakyo Komatsu
Cast member
Isao Natsuyagi
Composer
Masaru Sato
Production company
Toho
Cinematographer
Daisaku Kimura
Duration
98
FilmAffinity ID
767296
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publication date
1973-12-29
title
日本沈没
distributed by
Toho
after a work by
Sakyo Komatsu
derivative work
Nihon Chinbotsu
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