Submersion of Japan (1973)
Original title: 日本沈没
Submersion of Japan is a 1973 Japanese-language thriller movie directed by Shirō Moritani, with a running time of 2h 23m. It stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka and Ayumi Ishida.
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.
Cast
- Keiju Kobayashi as Dr. Tadokoro
- Hiroshi Fujioka as Onodera Toshio
- Ayumi Ishida as Abe Reiko
- Tetsuro Tamba as Prime Minister Yamamoto
- Shōgo Shimada as Old man Watari
- John Fujioka as Narita
- Andrew Hughes as Australian Prime Minister
- Franz Gruber as United Nations Committee member
- Nobuo Nakamura as Japanese Ambassador
- Haruo Nakajima as Prime Minister's Chauffeur
- Hideaki Nitani as Dr. Nakata
- Isao Natsuyagi as Yuki