
The Asadas!(2020)
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.


In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Toshio Onodera

Ko Shibasaki
Reiko Abe

Etsushi Toyokawa
Yusuke Tadokoro

Mao Daichi
Saori Takamori

Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Yuki Tatsuya

Mayuko Fukuda
Misaki Kuraki

Hideko Yoshida
Tamae Tanokura

Akira Emoto
Professor Fukuhara

Jun Kunimura
Acting Prime Minister Kyosuke Nozaki

Koji Ishizaka
Prime Minister Naoyuki Yamamoto
Japan Sinks is a drama, thriller, adventure, science fiction film released in 2006 exploring themes of japan, earthquake, disaster. Directed by Shinji Higuchi, it stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Ko Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa. In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
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