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Directed by Shiro Moritani Music by Masaru Sato Box office 7 million USD (Japan) Music director Masaru Sato | 5.5/10 IMDb Screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto Initial release 29 December 1973 Adapted from Japan Sinks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka Based on the novel
by Sakyo Komatsu Starring Keiju Kobayashi
Ayumi Ishida
Hiroshi Fujioka
Yusuke Takita Directors Shirô Moritani, Andrew Meyer Cast Hiroshi Fujioka, Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurō Tamba, Ayumi Ishida, Lorne Greene Similar Scientist movies, Thrillers, Other similar movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tidal wave nippon chinbotsu la submersion du japon 1973
Tidal Wave (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu, lit. Submersion of Japan) is a 1973 film directed by Shiro Moritani. It is based on a novel Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu. The film stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka and Ayumi Ishida.
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- Tidal wave nippon chinbotsu la submersion du japon 1973
- Nihon chinbotsu 1973 film tidal wave
- Synopsis
- Cast
- Release
- American version
- References
Nihon chinbotsu 1973 film tidal wave
Synopsis
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 of Japan under the sea.
Cast
Release
Tidal Wave was released in Japan on 29 December 1973 where it was distributed by Toho. The film was the highest grossing film in 1973 and 1974 in Japan. The film grossed more than twice of the second-highest grossing film of the year Human Revolution.
American version
The American version of the film was released as Tidal Wave, released by New World Pictures with an English-language dub. The film included new scenes and new cast members including Lorne Greene, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins, John Fukioka, Marvin Miller, Susan Sennett, Ralph James, Phil Roth, Cliff Pellow, and Joe Dante. It was released in May 1975. New World also released an uncut subtitled format as Submersion of Japan.
Roger Corman bought the U.S. rights to the film for his New World Pictures. He cut out a great deal of footage and added new sequences directed by Andrew Meyer starring Lorne Greene as an ambassador at the United Nations. The film was a big success at the U.S. box office.