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Fukushima 50 (2020)
Directed by Setsurô Wakamatsu
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Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Length 122 minutes
Actors
Ken Watanabe | Koichi Sato | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Narumi Yasuda | Naoto Ogata | Shôhei Hino | Mitsuru Hirata | Masato Hagiwara | Keisuke Horibe | Hisahiro Ogura | Masato Wada | Masanori ishii | Masaki Miura | Arata Horii | Yûta Kanai | Shuichiro Masuda | Kunihiro Suda | Sarutoki Minagawa | Ryo Ono | Kazuhiko Kanayama | Yoshihisa Amano | Tomorowo Taguchi | Yasunori Danta | Eisuke Sasai | Shirô Sano | Akio Kaneda | Mantarô Koichi | Kenichi Yajima | Kenji Anan | Masayuki Itô | Dankan | Riho Yoshioka | Yasuko Tomita | Masane Tsukayama | Takumi Saito | Yuri Nakamura | Shigeru Izumiya | Yasuyuki Maekawa | Daniel Kahl
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/22/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
A harrowing account of the how the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown was handled during the days after 3/11 happened in 2011. It’s as if the filmmakers watched SHIN GODZILLA and said, “we can make a good movie about the real disaster that actually happened.” Placing Ken Watanabe in the center also adds to that Godzilla vibe. I wasn’t sure I’d be into this movie but it’s really crafted tastefully and presents the real drama and desperation of the situation.
Watanabe and Koichi Sato get most of the screentime but both are really great. You get a good sense of the decisions and missteps surrounding the attempts to control the power plant and prevent a massive disaster. I really felt sad for those workers that were exposed to high radiation during their mission. If there’s any drawback to the movie it’s the overly melodramatic epilogue that wasn’t needed, IMO. That plus the American soldier stuff that’s wedged into the story.
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