Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
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Not even God can stop it (これだけは神ですら止められない)
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THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
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Magnitude 7.9 (地震列島 is a Jishin Rettō, lit. Archipelago Earthquake)1980 disaster film produced by Toho Pictures. Toho released the film to Japanese theaters on August 30, 1980 and it entered American television syndication in 1983. It is the successor to a Japanese TV movie from the same year entitled Giant Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1, co-produced by Toho Eizo.
Plot
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Staff
- Main article: Magnitude 7.9/Credits.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Kenjiro Omori
- Written by Kaneto Shindo
- Executive producer Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Associate producer Hideyuki Takai
- Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
- Theme song "Amethyst Sunray" performed by Hatsumi Shibata
- Lyrics by Makoto Kitajo
- Composed by Masaaki Hirao
- Arranged by Tatsumi Yano
- Cinematography by Rokuro Nishigaki
- Edited by Nobuo Ogawa
- Production design by Iwao Akune
- 1st assistant director Masahiro Nara
- Director of special effects Teruyoshi Nakano
- 1st assistant director of special effects Eiichi Asada
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Hiroshi Katsuno as Yoichi Kawazu, geophysicist
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Masayuki Hashizume, reporter
- Kayo Matsuo as Yuko Kawazu, Yoichi's wife
- Yumi Takigawa as Tomiko Ashida, earthquake research institute employee
- Hideji Otaki as Professor Marumo
- Shin Saburi as Prime Minister of Japan
- Chiaki Matsubara as Kazue Umejima, camerawoman
- Sachiko Murase as Fusae Kawazu, Yuko's mother
- Tatsuo Matsumura as Kozo Ashida, Tomiko's father
- Kei Sato as Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Yoshio Inaba as Director General of the National Land Agency
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Director General of the Meteorological Agency
- Eiji Okada as Professor Watanabe
- Mizuho Suzuki as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Norihei Miki as Kozo
- Yusuke Takita as Middle-aged office worker
- Daigo Kusano as Bearded man
- Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Hayashi, earthquake section manager of the Meteorological Agency
- Toshitaka Ito as Subway operator
- Jiro Kusanagi as Observation director of the Meteorological Agency
International English dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Chris Hilton as Yoichi Kawazu / Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Warren Rooke as Masayuki Hashizume
- Rik Thomas as Professor Marumo / Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Bearded man
Appearances
Weapons, vehicles, and races
Gallery
- Main article: Magnitude 7.9/Gallery.
Alternate titles
- Archipelago Earthquake (地震列島 Jishin Rettō, literal Japanese title)
- Archipelago Earthquake: ーNot Even God Can Stop Itー (地震列島 ーこれだけは神ですら止められないー Jishin Rettō Koredake wa Kami de Sura Tomerarenai, early Japanese title)[1]
- Earthquake 7.9 (early English title)
- Deathquake (international title)
- Megaforce 7.9 (United Kingdom)
- 7.9 on the Richter Scale (7,9 по Скалата на Рихтер, Bulgaria)
- Cataclysm Strength 7.9 (Cataclysme Force 7.9, France)
- Earthquake - The Flaming Inferno of Tokyo (Erdbeben - Flammendes Inferno von Tokio, German video title)
- Megaforce 7.9 - The Earth Quakes (Megaforce 7.9 - Die Erde Bebt, West German video title)
- Earthquake in Tokyo (Földrengés Tokióban, Hungary)
- Earthquake (Jordskjelvet, Norway; Trzesienie Ziemi, Poland)
- Destruction at 15:30 (Unicenje ob 15:30, Slovenia)
- Cataclysm at 15:30 (Kataklizma u 15,30, Yugoslavia)
- Earthquake 81 (Terremoto 81; Brazil)
- S.O.S. The Earth is Burning (S.O.S. jorden brinner; Sweden)
Theatrical releases
- Japan - August 30, 1980
- United States - February 5, 1982[2]
- Sweden - April 21, 1981
- Spain - July 1, 1981[citation needed]
- Brazil - September 21, 1981
- Denmark - January 29, 1982[citation needed]
- Hungary - July 15, 1982[citation needed]
Video releases
Go Video VHS (1980)
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: English
- Notes: U.K. release containing the shorter Deathquake edit. Retitled to Megaforce 7.9 on casing and within the film.
Mntex Entertainment VHS (1991)
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: English
Toho VHS (1994)
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: Japanese
Toho DVD (2003)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (4.0 Surround)
- Subtitles: Japanese
- Special features: Audio commentary with Hiroshi Katsuno and Kenji Konuta, 30-minute interview with Teruyoshi Nakano, theatrical and special announcement trailers
- Notes: Re-released on February 7 2014, in a limited edition and on August 19 2015, as part of the Toho DVD Masterpiece Selection.
Videos
Trailers
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Trivia
- Stock footage from Toho's earlier films Submersion of Japan and Prophecies of Nostradamus is used in some of the disaster sequences.
References
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