Submersion of Japan

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 29, 1973

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO,Toho Pictures,Toho Eizo Co.,Toho Eizo Bijutsu,Far East Laboratory

Cast

Hideaki Nitani,Isao Natsuyagi,Tomoyuki Tanaka,Keiju Kobayashi,John Fujioka,Nobuo Nakamura,Shōgo Shimada,Andrew Hughes,Yūsuke Takita,Franz Gruberand 4 more

Director

Shirō Moritani

Writer

Sakyo Komatsu,Shinobu Hashimoto

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka,Osamu Tanaka

Cinematography

Hiroshi Murai,Daisaku Kimura

Music

Masaru Satō

Budget

$18,596,000

Revenue

$49,651,320

IMDb

tt0070447