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==Trivia==
*Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 novel ''Japan Sinks'', this was not the first attempt at a film adaptation of the source material.  In 1972, Daiei president Masakazu Nagata announced a film adaptation of Komatsu's then-upcoming novel, at the time a raw manuscript, and titled it ''Submersion of the Japanese Archipelago''.  However, not only was there no prior notification to the staff at Daiei before the announcement, but the film rights had not been procured from Komatsu yet.  The film never got off the ground past planning stages, and the film rights were eventually sold to Toho.<ref name="whatever">{{Cite web|url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本沈没#実現しなかった映画化案|title=日本沈没
|work=Japanese Wikipedia|accessdate=24 September 2019}}</ref>
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Submersion of Japan
The Japanese poster for Submersion of Japan
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Japan Sinks (1973)
Flagicon United States.png Tidal Wave (1974)

Directed by Shiro Moritani
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, Osamu Tanaka
Written by Shinobu Hashimoto, Sakyo Komatsu
Music by Masaru Sato
Distributor TohoJP,
New WorldUS
Rating PGUS
Budget ¥2,000,000,000[1]
Box office ¥5,340,000,000
Running time 143 minutesJP
(2 hours, 23 minutes)
82 minutesUS
(1 hour, 22 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
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Submersion of Japan (日本沈没,   Nippon Chinbotsu, lit. Japan Sinks) is a 1973 disaster film produced by Toho. The film was released to Japanese theaters on December 29, 1973 and to American theaters in May of 1975.

Plot

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Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Shiro Moritani
  • Written by   Shinobu Hashimoto, Sakyo Komatsu
  • Produced by   Tomoyuki Tanaka, Osamu Tanaka
  • Music by   Masaru Sato
  • Cinematography by   Daisaku Kimura, Hiroshi Murai
  • Edited by   Michiko Ikeda
  • Production design by   Yoshiro Muraki
  • Assistant directing by   Koji Hashimoto
  • Special effects by   Teruyoshi Nakano

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Keiju Kobayashi   as   Dr. Tadokoro
  • Hiroshi Fujioka   as   Onodera Toshio
  • Ayumi Ishida   as   Abe Reiko
  • Rhonda Leigh Hopkins   as   Fran
  • Lorne Greene   as   Ambassador Warren Richards
  • Tetsuro Tamba   as   Prime Minister Yamamoto
  • Shogo Shimada   as   Watari
  • John Fujioka   as   Narita
  • Andrew Hughes   as   Australian Prime Minister
  • Nobuo Nakamura   as   Japanese Ambassador
  • Haruo Nakajima   as   Prime Minister's Chauffeur
  • Hideaki Nitani   as   Dr. Nakata
  • Isao Natsuyagi   as   Yuki
  • Yusuke Takita   as   Assistant Professor Yukinaga

Appearances

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

Alternate Titles

  • Japan Sinks (Literal Japanese title)
  • Submersion of Japan (International title)
  • Tidal Wave (American title)

Box Office

With an incredible box office total of ¥5,340,000,000, Submersion of Japan was the highest-grossing Japanese film of both 1973 and 1974.[2]

Videos

Japanese Submersion of Japan trailers
German Submersion of Japan trailer

Trivia

  • Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1973 novel Japan Sinks, this was not the first attempt at a film adaptation of the source material. In 1972, Daiei president Masakazu Nagata announced a film adaptation of Komatsu's then-upcoming novel, at the time a raw manuscript, and titled it Submersion of the Japanese Archipelago. However, not only was there no prior notification to the staff at Daiei before the announcement, but the film rights had not been procured from Komatsu yet. The film never got off the ground past planning stages, and the film rights were eventually sold to Toho.[3]

References

This is a list of references for Submersion of Japan. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 日本沈没 - Wikipedia
  2. Stuart Galbraith IV (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press.
  3. "日本沈没". Japanese Wikipedia. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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