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Submersion of Japan (1973)
Directed by Shirô Moritani
Twitter Facebook Google+Disaster | Science Fiction | Thriller
Most recently watched by sleestakk
Overview
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.
Length 143 minutes
Actors
Keiju Kobayashi | Hiroshi Fujioka | Ayumi Ishida | Tetsurō Tamba | Shôgo Shimada | John Fujioka | Andrew Hughes | Franz Gruber | Nobuo Nakamura | Haruo Nakajima | Hideaki Nitani | Isao Natsuyagi | Yûsuke Takita | Tomoyuki Tanaka
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2023 | TV | Broadcast | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| 07/23/2020 | Home Theater | Broadcast | Video on Demand | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
The full Japanese version on DKU-TV instead of the massively shortened Roger Corman version. Needed more of the gorgeous Ayumi Ishida in it but otherwise a really well done disaster movie that also grapples with the humanitarian and political crisis such a massive disaster would cause. Apparently remade in 2006 and 2020.
4 years ago
Have you seen the Corman version? I haven’t but would like to view it to compare how they changed it. Is Lorne Greene in that version bc I didn’t see him in the JP cut.
btw, Minoru Kawasaki directed the inverse remake in 2006. Despite also featuring Hiroshi Fujioka it’s rather awful:
https://movielogr.com/members/sleestakk/movie_detail/26199
The 2020 remake I believe is the new Japanese anime series currently on Netflix. I haven’t seen any of it but saw it come across my TL a few times.
4 years ago
I haven’t but apparently it cuts a lot of the politics and focuses on all the disaster stuff. And yeah, Lorne Green is cut into that version.
I seem to recall hearing good things about the anime series so maybe I’ll check it out at some point!