Submersion of Japan
| Submersion of Japan | |
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| Directed by | Shiro Moritani |
| Written by |
Shinobu Hashimoto Sakyo Komatsu (novel) |
| Starring |
Keiju Kobayashi Hiroshi Fujioka Ayumi Ishida |
| Music by | Masaru Sato |
| Cinematography |
Daisaku Kimura Hiroshi Murai |
| Edited by | Michiko Ikeda |
| Distributed by |
Toho (Japan) New World Pictures (US) |
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Release date
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December 29, 1973 |
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Running time
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143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $7 million (Japan) |
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| Directed by | Andrew Meyer Shiro Moritani (Original footage) |
| Starring | Lorne Greene |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures (U.S.) |
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Release date
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May 1975 |
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Running time
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82 minutes |
| Box office | $3.5 million (U.S.) |
Submersion of Japan(日本沈没 Nihon Chinbotsu?, lit. "Japan Sinks" or "Submersion of Japan") is a 1973 film directed by Shiro Moritani. It is based on the novel Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu, published the same year. The film stars Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka and Ayumi Ishida. A remake was released in 2006, Sinking of Japan, loosely based on a second section of this series. Komatsu, the author of the novel, made a cameo in the beginning scenes of the movie.
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.
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.
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