Nihon chinbotsu the sinking of japan 2006 rotten tomatoes. A race against time and tide begins as americans and japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing japan. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. A promotional trailer of the movie titled the sinking of japan, the top grossing disaster movie in japan this year 2006. In total, there were 405 japanese films released in 1973. The people can rise out of the rubble, is usually the end of the film. It is an adaptation of the novel japan sinks and a remake of the film tidal wave, both made in the year 1973. With different parts of japan having massive earthquakes and volcanic activity, the government is informed that all of the japanese islands will sink underwater in less than one years time. It includes volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes. Proving once again that japan will never cease to find inventive ways to destroy itself on screen, this summers blockbuster sinking of japan brings apocalypse through tectonics. Panik uber tokio submersion of japan german trailer, 1973 duration. Kobayashi keiju fujioka hiroshi tamba tetsuro ishida ayumi after the sinking of a japanese island, a research submarine is dispatched to investigate. The introduction of this film starts out pretty well. Submersion of japan 1973 wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia.
Japan s biggest film of summer 2006 was called the sinking of japan and is out on region 3 dvd now. Oct 30, 2006 a promotional trailer of the movie titled the sinking of japan, the top grossing disaster movie in japan this year 2006. Japan sinks is a 1973 disaster film produced by toho company ltd the film was released to japanese theaters on december 29, 1973 and to american theaters in may of 1975. Firestorms burn beautiful japanese cities to the ground.
The book was made into a popular movie in 1976 and 2006. The sinking of japan movie trailer, news, cast, interviews. Directed by shinji higuchi writing credits masato kato, sakyo komatsu produced by kazuya hamana, toshiaki nakazawa, kunikatsu kondo. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie. Plotwise it is a bythenumbers superevent disaster movie.
It is learned that due to shifts in the teutonic plate, japan itself would sink into the ocean within a year. If this actually happened, all of the worlds coastal cities would be destroyed by the resulting tsunami. To set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. It approaches its honestly frightening situation with intelligence and patience, developing its story and characters in ways unfamiliar to most whove seen movies like this before. Submersion of japan 1973 directed by shiro moritani. Knowing shinji higuchis penchant for eyepopping visuals as well as his love of the 1973 original submersion of japan, i was really expecting something superb, something on par with the gamera trilogy and peter jacksons king kong. The film grossed more than twice of the secondhighest grossing film of the year, human revolution. This is a video of disaster scenes from the 2006 movie sinking of japan nihon chinbotsu. Japan sinks is sort of the literary equivalent of the big disaster movie, like the day after tomorrow, or 2012. Tidal wave was released in japan on 29 december 1973 where it was distributed by toho. The submersion of japan dvd seems to be an international version aimed at the rest of the asian market. The story is simplea major tectonic shift will cause japan to sink within a year.
Japan sinks is a 2006 tokusatsu film directed by shinji higuchi. Jan 19, 2007 this is a video of disaster scenes from the 2006 movie sinking of japan nihon chinbotsu. Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, japan is slowly sinking into the sea. I thought the movie was quite good, even if there are major changes from novel to film but thats understandable.
They literally drop you in the movie right into the after effects of a huge earthquake. Anette maiburg, alexandra cravero, emmanuel ceysson, karina buschinger, wen xiao zheng, guido schiefen, mathias haus. Now, ive read the book, and seen this 2006 movie version the first movie came out in 1973. Sequel to 1970s novel finds japan sunk and the japanese scattered by ide kazuko masses of japanese living in exile, with some even turning to indiscriminate acts of terrorism, is an unimaginable situationunless japan sank deep into the ocean 25 years ago, forcing the entire population to scatter across the globe to survive. An american adaptation soon followed in 1975 called tidal wave. A race against time and tide begins as americans and the japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing japan. The government hopes they can succeed in sending all of the citizens to different countries before the inevitable occurs. The sinking of japan on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account. A state of panic ensues when it is discovered that, after. However, japan sinking means that the japanese cant do anything to rebuild their homeland. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338. Japan sinks is a 1973 disaster film produced by toho.
Aug 26, 2012 a popular 1973 japanese novel japan sinks helped to perpetuate this myth. Contentsshow plot volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake japan. The movie is based on the best selling novel japan sinks by sakyo komatsu, and the previous film adaption, tohos blockbuster submersion of japan 1973. In 1973, there were 2530 movie theatres in japan, with 32 showing only domestic films and 556 showing both domestic and imported films. It is an adaptation of the novel japan sinks and a remake of the film tidal wave, both. If this is the 1973 movie originally titled nippon chinbotsu, it is considered one of the best disaster films by critics. In total, domestic films grossed 19,458 million yen in 1973. Feb 22, 2010 the bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Homepage hdtracks the worlds greatestsounding music. The submersion of japan 1973 a disasters movie the submersion of japan 1973, japan, nippon chinbotsu. The film was released to japanese theaters on december 29, 1973 and to american theaters in may of 1975.
Up next panik im tokioexpress the bullet train deutscher kinotrailer german trailer duration. Scientists predict that japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. With lorne greene, keiju kobayashi, rhonda leigh hopkins, hiroshi fujioka. The film was the highest grossing film in japan in 1973 and 1974. Jan 21, 2007 the submersion of japan dvd seems to be an international version aimed at the rest of the asian market, and is shorter than the 143 minute japanese original. The 2006 disaster film sinking of japan nihon chinbotsu will be released on dvd in the uk next week by mvm entertainment.
Jul 15, 2006 no matter what devastation there is in the aforementioned movies, the land itself remains to fix. Panic strikes after japan slowly starts to descend into the pacific ocean. The cause of the catastrophe is a force of nature, and the story focuses primarily on how humanity responds to the destruction, in this case the literal sinking of japan. Sinking of japan is a 2006 tokusatsu film directed by shinji higuchi. Based on sakyo komatsus bestselling novel, sinking of japan was first put on the big screen in moritani shiros 1973 classic. Therefore, japan sinks, which is a remake of a movie of the same title from 1973, has a lot of problems with its character drawings, overthetop dramatic scenes apparently couldnt have been avoided either and there is also a love story finding its way into the film that is at no point convincing, but instead is presented in a quite clumsy. Tidal wave dubbed in lorne green in scenes and was a flop to critics. The publisher wanted it to be written in two different sections, both published at the same time.