Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave (1973)★ 5.6/10

Submersion of Japan

PG · JP · 143 min · December 29, 1973

  • Action
  • Drama
  • Thriller
  • Sci-Fi

Directed by: Shirō Moritani

Written by: Shinobu Hashimoto, Sakyō Komatsu

The shorted re-edited American version of Submersion of Japan, in which Japan slowly sinks into the sea as the US and Japan work together to stop it.

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Cast & crew

Lorne GreeneAmbassador Warren RichardsKeiju KobayashiDr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)Rhonda HopkinsFranHiroshi FujiokaToshio Onodera (Submarine Wadatsumi Pilot)Tetsurô TanbaPrime Minister YamamotoAyumi IshidaReiko AbeShôgo ShimadaWatari (Political Fixer)John FujiokaNaritaAndrew HughesAustralian Prime MinisterNobuo NakamuraJapanese Ambassador to AustraliaHaruo NakajimaPrime Minister's ChauffeurTakeshi YamamotoJoe Dante(US version)Susan Sennett(US version)Hideaki NitaniDr.Nakata (Cognitive Science D-2 Project Leader)Isao NatsuyagiYuukiClifford A. Pellow(US version)Yūsuke TakitaAssistant Professor Yukinaga (Geophysics)Philip Roth(US version)Tetsu NakamuraPhilippines Ambassador to United NationsEisaburo KomatsuD-1 Headquarters StaffAndrew MeyerMarvin Miller(US version)Kunio MuraiKataoka (sdf technical research labo)Tadao NakamaruKuni-eda (Intelligence Bureau)Ralph James(US version)Tsunehiro AraiShizuo ChûjôAkira EmotoJacques EnghienUN CommissionerFranz GruberUnited Nations Committee memberTaeko HattoriYûzô HayakawaSDF GeneralToshio HosokawaChief SecretaryKazuo ImaiShôzô InagakiKôji IshizakaKōichi ItōKichijirô IwakiSaburô KadowakiTetsuya KajiOceanographerMakoto KamiyaKazuo KatôMimuraShigeo KatôResident fleeing in the fireSetsuko KawaguchiKôji KawamuraItsuko KobayashiSakyō KomatsuMan in first meeting with Onodera and YoshimuraJun KondôTakuzô KumagaiJun KunimuraAkio KusamaGovernment OfficialShigeru KôyamaYoshimuraTatsuo MatsushitaMakoto MiyajimaKanta MoriDefence MinisterTetsuo MorishitaAkira NagoyaD-2 SecurityKonosuke NakajimaShôgen NittaKatsurô OnoueHenry PanDr. Eugene CoxHideo SaitoCharles SeamsEugene CoxYuriko SumiHaruo SuzukiKazuo SuzukiMizuho SuzukiScience MinisterMasaya TakahashiProfessor YamashiroShikô TanakaShiyuki TanakaGorō TarumiMitsuo TsudaMinoru UchidaAyao WadaRoger WoodAustralian OfficialHideko YoshidaOsman YusufReporterMasanobu ÔkuboYasumasa ÔnishiYûtarô Ôsugi