#170 Sinking Of Japan

If i never watched this on http://www.imdb.com/ i never known Kou Shibaski is playing the female leader! Its so stupid that the main leaders are not named on the cover of the dvd. If i knew that Kou Shibaski was playing in here i would buy it earlier and watch it earlier! She is one of my favo star from Japan! I like her since i watch Battle Royale!! The cold-hearted Mitsuko Souma ^^. Ahh just want to watch Battle Royale again!!! for the 24th time! haha. There was also a really small role for Ai Meadi [Shiori Kitano in Battle Royale 1&2] as nurse. She had i think 1 minute screen time! HMM

The title of the name sounds very stupid! LOL. It just looklike Armageddon. But this time not above but under! The beginning was good! Great opening. The special effects are good! But it was not so interesting. Most interesting of the movie was the scenes from the 2 main leaders! Kou Shibaski & Tsuyoshi Kusanagi. It was so touching at the end!! I really droped some tears! I like the song!!! If someone know of have it!! THANK YOU ^^

English name: Sinking Of Japan/Japan Sinks
Japanese name: 日本沈没
Chinese name: 日本沉沒
Year: 2006
Country: Japan
Running Time: 135 min
Director: Shinji Higuchi



Summary:
In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. However, Dr. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes Toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338.54 days. He presents his findings to Prime Minister Yamamoto who decides to create a new department for impending disaster relief assigning Saoro Takamori to cover the new duties, since of all his ministers she will take it seriously but also bring "heart" to the process. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the government pleads with other countries to take refugees. Yamamoto flies to China to negotiate relocations there, but his plane is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Saoro fills the resulting vacuum in leadership and decides that Dr. Tadokoro's plan to blow holes in the disintegrating tectonic tectonic plate is the best remaining hope to not only save the people, but what remains of the country itself. Ironically it was her career that hastened their divorce 20 years earlier. Misaki becomes orphaned following her mother's death from earthquake injuries, and bonds with Reiko who was similarly rescued from, but orphaned by the Kobe quake. Toshiro is offered a job in England and wants Reiko and Misaki to come with him, but Reiko feels bound to help others and refuses to leave. Fellow submarine pilot Shinji Yuki also turns down Toshiro's offer to work with him in England. Drillships place massive explosives deep in the crust, but the detonator is not placed properly and Yuki dies attempting to place it by submarine.
[credits to imdb.com]



Cast:
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi - Toshio Onodera
Kou Shibasaki - Reiko Abe
Etsushi Toyokawa - Yusuke Tadokoro
Mao Daichi - Saori Takamori
Mitsuhiro Oikawa - Shinji Yuki
Mayuko Fukuda - Misaki Kuraki
Hideko Yoshida - Tamae Tanokura
Akira Emoto - Professor Fukuhara
Jun Kunimura - Kyosuke Nozaki
Koji Ishizaka - Prime Minister Yamamoto
Kenichi Endo - Shin-ichirou Nakata

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Trailer [Spoilers!]