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This Japanese docudrama is an excellent primer on the scary near- meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011. After the earthquake, a tsunami triggered a ‘major nuclear event.’ A group of dedicated engineers struggle against odds to regain control. It’s another 21st Century disaster writ large — we applaud the camaraderie and commitment of the response teams while bureaucratic and political Bs threatens to doom half of Japan. As with last week’s Spacewalker I’m betting that most negative reviews were written by people who saw the English language dub job … in the original Japanese, star Ken Watanabe’s performance is terrific.
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
Fukushima 50
Blu-ray
Capelight
2020 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 121 min. / Street Date April 13, 2021 / Available from Amazon / 29.98
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh, Kôichi Satô, Tomorô Taguchi, Mark Chinnery, Yuri Nakamura, Justin Leeper, Yasuko Tomita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Riho Yoshioka, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Shirô Sano.
Cinematography: Shoji Ehara
Visual Effects...
- 4/24/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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„Fukushima 50” – the movie’s title – is a nickname that English-language media used to describe a group of employees at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, who still worked on-site after the evacuation of most of the staff to prevent further fatal consequences of 2011 disaster. Although the number of people at the plant rose significantly (to few hundred) after several days, when additional manpower was sent from around the country, the pseudonym stayed – to underline the sacrifice of the frontline workers and their solitary fight. And as one may expect, Setsuro Wakamatsu’s feature covers the events which followed the fateful earthquake and tsunami focusing on the people factor.
Fukushima 50 is screening at Japan Cuts
The screenplay is based on the non-fiction well-researched book by the journalist Ryūshō Katoda “On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi”, giving the insight into the matter through around 100 interviews with e.
Fukushima 50 is screening at Japan Cuts
The screenplay is based on the non-fiction well-researched book by the journalist Ryūshō Katoda “On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi”, giving the insight into the matter through around 100 interviews with e.
- 7/27/2020
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
The film about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power-plant meltdown is in post.
Endeavor Content has picked up world rights, excluding Asia, to Japanese studio Kadokawa’s Fukushima 50 and will present the film to buyers at Afm.
Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu and starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, the film tells the story of the courageous workers who remained on site to stabilise the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during its meltdown following the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Currently in post-production, the film is based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On The Brink: The Inside Story Of Fukushima Daiichi. Kadokawa will...
Endeavor Content has picked up world rights, excluding Asia, to Japanese studio Kadokawa’s Fukushima 50 and will present the film to buyers at Afm.
Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu and starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, the film tells the story of the courageous workers who remained on site to stabilise the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during its meltdown following the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Currently in post-production, the film is based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On The Brink: The Inside Story Of Fukushima Daiichi. Kadokawa will...
- 11/6/2019
- by 89¦Liz Shackleton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
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Japan’s Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe star in “Fukushima 50,” a forthcoming film recounting the events of the East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown of 2011. The survival action drama is directed by Wakamatsu Setsuro.
Based on the book “On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi,” by Ryusho Kadota, the film’s narrative follows 50 workers who risked their lives by staying at the plant, in order to prevent total destruction of the overheating atomic reactors and minimise devastation. The adapted screenplay was written by Yoichi Maekawa, writer of “Gunji Kanbei,” “Shuhei Nozaki,” and “The Auditor.” Salo plays a power station supervisor, Watanabe plays a site superintendant.
Backed by the Kadokawa Corporation, the film shot in Japan from November 2018 to April. It is due for release in 2020.
“The Fukushima accident shook not only the people of Japan but also around the world. This film is about the powerplant workers...
Based on the book “On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi,” by Ryusho Kadota, the film’s narrative follows 50 workers who risked their lives by staying at the plant, in order to prevent total destruction of the overheating atomic reactors and minimise devastation. The adapted screenplay was written by Yoichi Maekawa, writer of “Gunji Kanbei,” “Shuhei Nozaki,” and “The Auditor.” Salo plays a power station supervisor, Watanabe plays a site superintendant.
Backed by the Kadokawa Corporation, the film shot in Japan from November 2018 to April. It is due for release in 2020.
“The Fukushima accident shook not only the people of Japan but also around the world. This film is about the powerplant workers...
- 4/30/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Japan’s The Kadokawa Corporation has set Setsuro Wakamatsu to direct and Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe to star in Fukushima 50, a feature film about Japan’s 2011 nuclear plant disaster, when a post-earthquake tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi facility and caused a meltdown of the core reactors.
The film, based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi and adapted for the screen by Yoichi Maekawa, centers on the workers including shift supervisor Isaki (Sato) and site superintendent Yoshida (Watanabe), who risked their lives and stayed at the plant to prevent total destruction of the overheating reactors and minimize devastation that could have impact the lives of the 50 million people who lived within 150 miles of the plant. The workers who returned were dubbed the “Fukushima 50″ by the media.
“The Fukushima accident shook not only the people of Japan but also around the world,” said Wakamatsu,...
The film, based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi and adapted for the screen by Yoichi Maekawa, centers on the workers including shift supervisor Isaki (Sato) and site superintendent Yoshida (Watanabe), who risked their lives and stayed at the plant to prevent total destruction of the overheating reactors and minimize devastation that could have impact the lives of the 50 million people who lived within 150 miles of the plant. The workers who returned were dubbed the “Fukushima 50″ by the media.
“The Fukushima accident shook not only the people of Japan but also around the world,” said Wakamatsu,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Production to begin in Japan this month.
Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato will star in Fukushima 50, Kadokawa Corporation’s upcoming action drama about the 2011 meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the on-site workers who raced to contain the catastrophe.
Setsuro Wakamatsu will direct the film and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Japan this month ahead of a 2020 release. Fukushima 50 is based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On The Brink: The Inside Story Of Fukushima Daiichi, which recounts the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake, the tsunami, and ensuing meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato will star in Fukushima 50, Kadokawa Corporation’s upcoming action drama about the 2011 meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and the on-site workers who raced to contain the catastrophe.
Setsuro Wakamatsu will direct the film and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Japan this month ahead of a 2020 release. Fukushima 50 is based on Ryusho Kadota’s book On The Brink: The Inside Story Of Fukushima Daiichi, which recounts the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake, the tsunami, and ensuing meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
- 11/19/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
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