The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy.
Yūjirō Ishihara
Goro Umehara
Tetsuya Watari
Yohei Kada
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Takeshi Ishizuka
Shinsuke Ashida
Tatsukichi
Yuriko Hoshi
Mitsuko
Etsuko Ichihara
Shigeko
Mitsuo Hamada
Hamada
Shintarō Katsu
Asakichi
Makoto Satō
Morita
Kunie Tanaka
The Summit of Mt. Fuji is a drama, adventure film released in 1970. Directed by Tetsutaro Murano, it stars Yūjirō Ishihara, Tetsuya Watari, Tsutomu Yamazaki. The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese archipelago, but the task will not be easy.
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