Nihon Chinbotsu (日本沈没, lit. "Japan Sinks" or "Submersion of Japan") is a 1973 film directed by Shiro Moritani. The film stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Ayumi Ishida and is based on the novel published the same year written by Sakyo Komatsu. A remake for this movie was released in 2006 loosely based on a second section of this series.
The movie caused a sensation in Japan and paved the way for later "panic" features. Komatsu, the author of...
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Nihon Chinbotsu (日本沈没, lit. "Japan Sinks" or "Submersion of Japan") is a 1973 film directed by Shiro Moritani. The film stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Ayumi Ishida and is based on the novel published the same year written by Sakyo Komatsu. A remake for this movie was released in 2006 loosely based on a second section of this series.
The movie caused a sensation in Japan and paved the way for later "panic" features. Komatsu, the author of the novel, made a cameo in the beginning scenes of the movie.
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japan Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea.
Both Japanese and American governments must find a solution to the problem or find refuge for the Japanese in neighboring countries. Toshiro and Tadokoro have a talk with several...
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