Tokyo Blackout (1987)
Original title: 首都消失
Tokyo Blackout is a 1987 Japanese-language science fiction movie directed by Toshio Masuda, with a running time of 2h. It stars Yūko Natori, Shinji Yamashita and Yoko Ishino.
Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome-shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Cast
- Yūko Natori as koide mariko
- Shinji Yamashita as Tamiya Yosuke
- Yoko Ishino as Matsunaga Mieko
- Isao Natsuyagi as Sakuma Eji
- Hideji Ōtaki as Otawara Gonzo
- Tsunehiko Watase as Asakura Tatsuya
- Ittoku Kishibe as Yasuharu
- Renji Ishibashi as Miyoshi
- Tetsuro Tamba as Nakata
- Fumio Watanabe as Kumoru
- Raita Ryu as Horie
- Haruko Katō as Umeko Koide