Whiteout (2000)
Original title: ホワイトアウト
Whiteout is a 2000 Japanese-language action movie directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, with a running time of 2h 9m. It stars Yuji Oda, Nanako Matsushima and Koichi Sato.
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Quick answers
What is Whiteout about?
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
When was Whiteout released?
Whiteout was released on 19 August 2000.
How long is Whiteout?
Whiteout runs 2h 9m.
Who made Whiteout?
Whiteout was directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu.
Cast
- Yuji Oda as Teruo Togashi
- Nanako Matsushima as Chiaki Hirakawa
- Koichi Sato as Masahiko Utsuki
- Ken Ishiguro as Kazushi Yoshioka
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Yoshito Kasahara
- Katsuo Nakamura as Kaoru Okuda
- Mitsuru Hirata as Yoshimitsu Iwazaki
- Saishin Kudo as Shingo Tozuka
- Masato Furuoya as Kensuke Fujimaki
- Manabu Hamada
- Hirokazu Hayashi
- Yu Ishibashi