Submersion of Japan: Television Series (1974-75)
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Submersion of Japan (日本沈没 Nihon Chinbotsu), later released to home video as Submersion of Japan: Television Series (日本沈没 TELEVISION SERIES Nihon Chinbotsu Terebijon Shirīzu), is a Japanese tokusatsu drama series co-produced by Toho Eizo and TBS that aired from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975. Adapted from Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 novel Japan Sinks, it is a sequel to the Toho Eizo-produced film Submersion of Japan. Following the conclusion of the series' broadcast, a 90-minute movie compiled from various episodes was aired on December 31, 1975.
Episodes
| Episode no. | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Raging Sea" | Jun Fukuda | Yuichiro Yamane | 1974/10/06 |
| 2 | "Undersea Torrent" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | 1974/10/13 | |
| 3 | "White Fissure" | 1974/10/20 | ||
| 4 | "When the Sea Turns Violent" | Takashi Nagano | 1974/10/27 | |
| 5 | "The Island is Sinking" | Shukei Nagasaka | 1974/11/03 | |
| 6 | "The Earth Wails in Sorrow" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | 1974/11/10 | |
| 7 | "A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky" | Yuichiro Yamane | 1974/11/17 | |
| 8 | "The Furious Stream" | Eizo Yamagiwa | 1974/11/24 | |
| 9 | "Mystery of the Undersea Cave" | Toshiro Ishido | 1974/12/01 | |
| 10 | "The Aso Firefall" | Minoru Kanaya | Shukei Nagasaka | 1974/12/08 |
| 11 | "An Aurora Over Kyoto!!" | Yuichiro Yamane | 1974/12/15 | |
| 12 | "Kyoto is in Danger" | Tadashi Mafune | 1974/12/22 | |
| 13 | "Kyoto Crumbles" | 1974/12/29 | ||
| 14 | "The Love of Tomorrow" | Takashi Nagano | Shukei Nagasaka | 1975/01/05 |
| 15 | "The Oil Platform Explodes" | 1975/01/12 | ||
| 16 | "Kagoshima Bay SOS!" | Eizo Yamagiwa | Yuichiro Yamane | 1975/01/19 |
| 17 | "Amakusa Vanished!" | 1975/01/26 | ||
| 18 | "Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam" | Kiyoshi Nishimura | 1975/02/02 | |
| 19 | "Farewell, Hakodate" | Minoru Kanaya | Shukei Nagasaka | 1975/02/09 |
| 20 | "Hokkaido Sinks" | 1975/02/16 | ||
| 21 | "Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima" | Takashi Nagano | 1975/02/23 | |
| 22 | "The Japanese Islands Break Apart" | Yuichiro Yamane | 1975/03/02 | |
| 23 | "Kamakura Disappeared into the Sea" | Minoru Kanaya | 1975/03/09 | |
| 24 | "Get Out, People of Tokyo" | 1975/03/16 | ||
| 25 | "Ah! Tokyo is Sinking" | Jun Fukuda | 1975/03/23 | |
| 26 | "Tokyo's Final Day" | 1975/03/30 |
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Takashi Nagano, Minoru Kanaya, Jun Fukuda, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Eizo Yamagiwa, and Tadashi Mabune
- Written by Yuichiro Yamane, Hideka Nagasaka, and Toshiro Ishido
- Produced by Susumu Saito, Hitoshi Ogura, Yoji Hashimoto, and Takao Yasuda
- Music by Kenjiro Hirose
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