Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave

When this wave hits, millions will die!

PG 1975 · 82 min · Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

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...

Directed by Shirō Moritani · Written by Shinobu Hashimoto

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Lorne Greene Ambassador Warren Richards
Tetsuro Tamba Prime Minister Yamato
Ralph James
Rhonda Hopkins Fran
Ayumi Ishida Reiko Abe
John Fujioka Narita
Marvin Miller Prime Minister Yamato (voice)
Keiju Kobayashi Dr. Tadokoro
Shōgo Shimada Watari
Hiroshi Fujioka Toshio Onodera
Susan Sennett
Philip Roth

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