At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The Tokyo Fire Department and its team of crack rescuers swing into action, and shortly after they do, a distress call arises from an underground subway station - with repeated indications of the rescue code, 252 252, and the exclamation "We Have Survivors." It soon becomes apparent that the local rescue squad must attempt to save the survivors, doing so at the expense of their own lives and safety. Written by Nathan Southern
Hideaki Ito
Yūji Shinohara
Seiyo Uchino
Shizuma Shinohara
Takayuki Yamada
Makoto Shigemura
Yuichi Kimura
Keisuke Fujii
Yeon Min-ji
Kim Sumin
Ayane Omori
Shiori Shinohara
Yuu Kashii
Saki Umino
Taro Yamamoto
Tatsuya Miyauchi
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetsushi Mashiba
Sachiko Sakurai
Yumi Shinohara
252: Signal of Life is a action, adventure, drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of rescue, natural disaster, disaster, tokyo, japan. Directed by Nobuo Mizuta, it stars Hideaki Ito, Seiyo Uchino, Takayuki Yamada. At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The Tokyo Fire Department and its team of crack rescuers swing into action, and shortly after they do, a distress call arises from an underground subway station - with repeated indications of the rescue code, 252 252, and the exclamation "We Have Survivors." It soon becomes apparent that the local rescue squad must attempt to save the survivors, doing so at the expense of their own lives and safety. Written by Nathan Southern
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