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Submersion of Japan

Original title: Nippon chinbotsu
  • 1973
  • PG
  • 2h 23m
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5.5/10
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Submersion of Japan (1973)
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The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.

  • Directors
    • Shirô Moritani
    • Andrew Mayer
  • Writers
    • Shinobu Hashimoto
    • Sakyo Komatsu
    • Andrew Mayer
  • Stars
    • Lorne Greene
    • Keiju Kobayashi
    • Rhonda Hopkins
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    462
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Shirô Moritani
      • Andrew Mayer
    • Writers
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
      • Sakyo Komatsu
      • Andrew Mayer
    • Stars
      • Lorne Greene
      • Keiju Kobayashi
      • Rhonda Hopkins
    • 16User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Hiroshi Fujioka and Ayumi Ishida in Submersion of Japan (1973)
    Submersion of Japan (1973)
    Hiroshi Fujioka, John Fujioka, Ayumi Ishida, Sakyo Komatsu, Shirô Moritani, Nobuo Nakamura, Shôgo Shimada, and Tetsurô Tanba in Submersion of Japan (1973)
    Lorne Greene in Submersion of Japan (1973)
    Lorne Greene in Submersion of Japan (1973)
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    Lorne Greene
    Lorne Greene
    • Ambassador Warren Richards
    Keiju Kobayashi
    • Dr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)
    Rhonda Hopkins
    • Fran
    • (as Rhonda Leigh Hopkins)
    Hiroshi Fujioka
    Hiroshi Fujioka
    • Onodera Toshio (Submarine Wadatsumi Pilot)
    Tetsurô Tanba
    Tetsurô Tanba
    • Prime Minister Yamamoto
    Ayumi Ishida
    • Abe Reiko
    Shôgo Shimada
    Shôgo Shimada
    • Watari (Political Fixer)
    John Fujioka
    John Fujioka
    • Narita
    Andrew Hughes
    Andrew Hughes
    • Australian Prime Minister
    Nobuo Nakamura
    Nobuo Nakamura
    • Japanese Ambassador to Australia
    Haruo Nakajima
    Haruo Nakajima
    • Prime Minister's Chauffeur
    Takeshi Yamamoto
    Joe Dante
    Joe Dante
    • (US version)
    Susan Sennett
    Susan Sennett
    • (US version)
    Hideaki Nitani
    • Dr.Nakata (Cognitive Science D-2 Project Leader)
    Isao Natsuyagi
    Isao Natsuyagi
    • Yuuki
    Clifford A. Pellow
    • (US version)
    Yûsuke Takita
    • Assistant Professor Yukinaga (Geophysics)
    • Directors
      • Shirô Moritani
      • Andrew Mayer(english version) (uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Shinobu Hashimoto
      • Sakyo Komatsu(novel "Nippon chinbotsu")
      • Andrew Mayer(english version)
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    • Trivia
      Haruo Nakajima's final movie role before his death.
    • Alternate versions
      Released in 2 versions simultaneously in 1975 in US, 1 cut and dubbed, the other uncut and subtitled.
    • Connections
      Featured in Quake (1992)

    User reviews16

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    8/10
    35 years later this film make his point.
    Back in 1973, I have the opportunity to see this film in a lush big screen and back them that was an impressive show. Of course, anyone that has grown up in today's computer animated hyper realistic effects will dissect the movie mercilessly. In the other hand, we have here a film that depicts an event that 35 years later will make a good docudrama in the Discovery Channel. This drama described with precision a nation loosing his homeland to a great cataclysm that literally erase Japan out of the map, dispersing the surviving population around the globe separating families and friends to eventually live at the mercy of surrogate countries. I will love to see this film made again with today's f/x technology. Japanese filmmakers have matured well enough to create one the most shocking films ever.
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    • Apr 13, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Tidal Wave
    • Production companies
      • Toho Eizo Co.
      • Toho Pictures
      • Toho
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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