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Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

In the darkest hours, courage prevails.

20206.52h 2m

Overview

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu
Written by Ryusho Kadota, Yoichi Maekawa
Produced by Naohiko Ninomiya
Box Office0Revenue: $7.5M

Top Cast

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Masao Yoshida

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Toshio Izaki

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Takumi Maeda

Narumi Yasuda

Narumi Yasuda

Mari Asano

Naoto Ogata

Naoto Ogata

Shoichi Nojiri

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Hisao Omori

Mitsuru Hirata

Mitsuru Hirata

Shigeru Hirayama

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Kazuo Igawa

Keisuke Horibe

Keisuke Horibe

Katsuji Kano

Hisahiro Ogura

Hisahiro Ogura

Kota Yano

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or bookradiationaftermathearthquakebased on true storytsunamidisasterpower companynuclear accidentsfukushima disaster (2011)nuclear disastergreat east japan earthquakedisaster aftermath

About Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50 is a history, drama, action film released in 2020 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book, radiation, aftermath, earthquake, based on true story. Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, it stars Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Hidetaka Yoshioka. Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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