Submersion of Japan

Submersion of Japan

1974 · 1 season · 26 eps · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!

Created by Sakyo Komatsu

Network: TBS

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Cast

Keiju Kobayashi Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Takenori Murano Toshio Onodera
Kaoru Yumi Reiko Abe
Mari-Christine Jeanney Maria Bailey
Tomoko Ogawa Maya Ariyoshi
Tomoyuki Hosokawa Assistant Professor Nobuhiko Yukinaga
Toshio Kurosawa Secretary Nakata
Noboru Nakaya Hideo Yoshimura
Kunie Tanaka Tatsuno
Kenji Sahara Nozue
Isao Hashimoto
Takamaru Sasaki

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