Submersion of Japan


Overview
Undersea tectonic activity heralds volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis followed by the coup de grace — the sinking of Japan.
29 Dec 1973
140m
日本沈没
Nihon Chinbotsu
Japan Sinks
The Sinking of Japan
novel by
Komatsu Sakyô
Tidal Wave
American Theatrical Release
Toho Co., Ltd.

Staff
Director
Moritani Shirô
SFX Director
Producer
Tanaka Fumio
Screenplay
Hashimoto Shinobu
Photography
Murai Hiroshi
Kimura Daisaku
Art
Muraki Yoshirô
Sound
Ban Toshiya
Lighting
Satô Kôjirô
Assistant Director
Hashimoto Kôji
Editor
Ikeda Michiko

Top Billed Cast
Doctor Tadokoro Yûsuke
Yamamoto Jinzô
Tamba Tetsurô
Onodera Toshio
Fujioka Hiroshi
Abe Reiko
Ishida Ayumi
Yûki Tatsuya
Natsuyagi Isao
Hanae
Sumi Yuriko
Envoy Nozaki
Yoshimura Hideo
Kôyama Shigeru
Professor Yukinaga Nobuhiko
Takita Yûsuke
Secretary Mimura
Katô Kazuo
Kataoka
Murai Kunio
Secretary of State
Tarumi Gorô
Onodera's Brother
Nitta Shôgen
Minister of Defense
Mori Kanta
Professor Yamashiro
Takahashi Masaya
Helicopter Pilot
Chii Takeo
Minister of Science
Suzuki Mizuho
Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hosokawa Toshio
Mrs. Yamamoto
Saitô Miwa
Oceanographer
Kaji Tetsuya
Minister of Trade
Matsushita Tatsuo
Minsiter of Construction
Kawamura Kôji
Emergency HQ Chief
Hayakawa Yûzô
UN Ambassador
Foreign Minister
Itô Kôichi
Emergency HQ Official
Nakata Tsutomu
Helicopter Pilot
Emergency HQ Official
Disaster Prevention Center Director
Australian Prime Minister
Nakata Kazunari
Nitani Hideaki
Watari
Shimada Shôgo

Supporting Cast
Refugee on Train
Takeuchi Hitoshi
Takeuchi Hitoshi