Writing
Sakyo Komatsu
Born January 28, 1931 · Osaka, Japan
Died July 26, 2011 · aged 80
Sakyo Komatsu (小松 左京 Komatsu Sakyō, January 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011) was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.
Known For
Virus · 1980Virus
★ 6.31980
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Japan Sinks · 2006Japan Sinks
★ 5.62006
MovieDramaThriller
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
Submersion of Japan · 1973Submersion of Japan
★ 7.01973
MovieThrillerScience Fiction
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.
ESPY · 1974ESPY
★ 5.41974
MovieActionScience Fiction
Two Japanese spies with extrasensory powers go to Istanbul to stop a global agenda of assassinations.
Neon taiheiki · 1968Neon taiheiki
★ 9.01968
MovieComedyDrama
Tidal Wave · 1975Tidal Wave
1975
MovieScience FictionDrama
Two hundred million years ago, Earth had a single continent. As the millennia progressed, the single continent slowly split off into smaller continents and islands. Thirty million years ago, the country of Japan was part of the continent of Asia, and has since split off into its own archipelago. Another landmass shift is about to occur...
Sayonara Jupiter · 1984Sayonara Jupiter
★ 5.51984
MovieScience FictionThriller
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.
Tokyo Blackout · 1987Tokyo Blackout
★ 6.21987
MovieScience Fiction
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.
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