The Sinking of Japan ( Nihon chinbotsu ) ( Japan Sinks )

The Sinking of Japan (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Nihon chinbotsu
Alternate Title: Japan Sinks
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Japanese ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
134 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Shinji Higuchi

Written By:
Sakyo Komatsu
Masato Kato

Actors:
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi ..... Toshio Onodera
Kou Shibasaki ..... Reiko Abe
Etsushi Toyokawa ..... Yusuke Tadokoro
Mao Daichi ..... Saori Takamori
Mitsuhiro Oikawa ..... Shinji Yuki
Mayuko Fukuda ..... Misaki Kuraki
Hideko Yoshida ..... Tamae Tanokura
Akira Emoto ..... Prof. Fukuhara
Jun Kunimura ..... Kyosuke Nozaki
Kôji Ishizaka ..... Prime Minister Yamamoto
Ken'ichi Endô ..... Shin-ichirou Nakata
Takeshi Katô ..... Prof.Yamashiro
Hideaki Anno ..... Yamashiro's Son in law
Moyoco Anno ..... Yamashiro's Daughter
Harutoshi Fukui ..... Minister of Defence
Teruko Hanahara ..... Minister of Justice
Narushi Ikeda ..... SDF General
Tarô Ishida ..... Reiko's grandpa
Tae Kimura ..... Kyoto's Monk
Kazuo Kitamura
Ai Maeda
Takashi Matsuo
Seminosuke Murasugi
Naomasa Musaka
Aiko Nagayama
Shirô Namiki
Hiroshi Ohguchi
Koji Okura
Eriko Satô
Pierre Taki
Tetsurô Tanba
Toru Tezuka
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Kanji Tsuda
Emi Wakui
Ken'ichi Yajima
Tatsuo Yamada

Synopsis:

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, a young girl and the captain of a submarine are rescued. It transpires the earthquake is a minor precursor to far greater devastation with the scientific community predicting that Japan will sink without trace in less than a year. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the scientists devise a last ditch plan to save what remains of Japan by blowing holes in the disintegrating tectonic plate - a suicidal mission that will require the deployment of massive explosives deep in the earth's crust and calls upon the bravery and skill of the submarine captain.

In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. However, Dr. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes Toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338.54 days. He presents his findings to Prime Minister Yamamoto who decides to create a new department for impending disaster relief assigning Saoro Takamori to cover the new duties, since of all his ministers she will take it seriously but also bring 'heart' to the process. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the government pleads with other countries to take refugees. Yamamoto flies to China to negotiate relocations there, but his plane is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Saoro fills the resulting vacuum in leadership and decides that Dr. Tadokoro's plan to blow holes in the disintegrating tectonic tectonic plate is the best remaining hope to not only save the people, but what remains of the country itself. Ironically it was her career that hastened their divorce 20 years earlier. Misaki becomes orphaned following her mother's death from earthquake injuries, and bonds with Reiko who was similarly rescued from, but orphaned by the Kobe quake. Toshiro is offered a job in England and wants Reiko and Misaki to come with him, but Reiko feels bound to help others and refuses to leave. Fellow submarine pilot Shinji Yuki also turns down Toshiro's offer to work with him in England. Drillships place massive explosives deep in the crust, but the detonator is not placed properly and Yuki dies attempting to place it by submarine.

Japan will sink down to the deep sea. The governments only hope is evacuate all Japanese to some other countries.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 01 April, 2010.

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