Submersion of Japan
1974
DramaSci-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!
Production
Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Nippon Gendai, TBS
Language
JA
Status
Ended
First Aired
October 6, 1974
Last Aired
March 30, 1975
Networks
TBS
Created By
Sakyo Komatsu
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
The Raging Sea
Air date: 1974-10-06
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.
E2
Undersea Torrent
Air date: 1974-10-13
E3
White Fissure
Air date: 1974-10-20
E4
When the Sea Turns Violent
Air date: 1974-10-27
E5
The Island is Sinking
Air date: 1974-11-03
E6
The Earth Wails in Sorrow
Air date: 1974-11-10
E7
A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky
Air date: 1974-11-17
E8
The Furious Stream
Air date: 1974-11-24
E9
Mystery of the Undersea Cave
Air date: 1974-12-01
E10
The Aso Firefall
Air date: 1974-12-08
E11
An Aurora Over Kyoto!!
Air date: 1974-12-15
E12
Kyoto is in Danger
Air date: 1974-12-22
E13
Kyoto Crumbles
Air date: 1974-12-29
E14
Love of Tomorrow
Air date: 1975-01-05
E15
The Oil Platform Explodes
Air date: 1975-01-12
E16
Kagoshima Bay SOS!
Air date: 1975-01-19
E17
Amakusa Vanished!
Air date: 1975-01-26
E18
Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam
Air date: 1975-02-02
E19
Farewell, Hakodate
Air date: 1975-02-09
E20
Hokkaido Sinks
Air date: 1975-02-16
E21
Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima
Air date: 1975-02-23
E22
The Japanese Islands Break Apart
Air date: 1975-03-02
E23
Kamakura Disappeared into the Sea
Air date: 1975-03-09
E24
Get Out, People of Tokyo
Air date: 1975-03-16
E25
Ah! Tokyo is Sinking
Air date: 1975-03-23
E26
Tokyo's Final Day
Air date: 1975-03-30
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
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