Series

Submersion of Japan

19741 seasonDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!

Episodes

1. The Raging Sea

Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and the Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.

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2. Undersea Torrent

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3. White Fissure

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4. When the Sea Turns Violent

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5. The Island is Sinking

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6. The Earth Wails in Sorrow

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7. A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky

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8. The Furious Stream

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9. Mystery of the Undersea Cave

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10. The Aso Firefall

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11. An Aurora Over Kyoto!!

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12. Kyoto is in Danger

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13. Kyoto Crumbles

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14. Love of Tomorrow

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15. The Oil Platform Explodes

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16. Kagoshima Bay SOS!

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17. Amakusa Vanished!

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18. Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam

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19. Farewell, Hakodate

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20. Hokkaido Sinks

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21. Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima

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22. The Japanese Islands Break Apart

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23. Kamakura Disappeared into the Sea

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24. Get Out, People of Tokyo

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25. Ah! Tokyo is Sinking

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26. Tokyo's Final Day

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Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro

Takenori Murano

Toshio Onodera

Kaoru Yumi

Reiko Abe

Mari-Christine Jeanney

Maria Bailey

Tomoko Ogawa

Maya Ariyoshi

Tomoyuki Hosokawa

Assistant Professor Nobuhiko Yukinaga

Toshio Kurosawa

Secretary Nakata

Noboru Nakaya

Hideo Yoshimura

Kunie Tanaka

Tatsuno

Kenji Sahara

Nozue

Isao Hashimoto

Takamaru Sasaki

Franz Gruber

Robert Caster

Yoshio Tsuchiya