The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo

2023

Documentary

A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

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NHK

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 12, 2023

Last Aired

November 19, 2023

Networks

NHK WORLD-JAPAN

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Region US · Lang EN

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Season

Part 1

Air date: 2023-11-12

A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

Part 2

Air date: 2023-11-19

After the quake itself subsided, a rare "fire tornado" struck a gathering-place of 40,000 evacuees leaving few survivors, and baseless rumors fueled violence against foreign residents.