Fukushima 50 is a 2020 Japanese drama film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu and written by Yōichi Maekawa. Starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, it is about the titular group of employees tasked with handling the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film is based on the non-fiction book by Ryusho Kadota, titled On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, and it is the first Japanese film to directly depict the disaster.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Drama |
Country: | Japan |
Directed By: | Setsurô Wakamatsu |
Written By: | Yoichi Maekawa, Ryûshô Kadota |
Cast: | Shirô Sano, Kenji Anan, Riho Yoshioka, Takumi Saitô, Narumi Yasuda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ken Watanabe, Naoto Ogata, Yoshihisa Amano, Yasunori Danta, Shôhei Hino, Masato Hagiwara, Mitsuru Hirata, Kôichi Satô, Yasuko Tomita |
In Theaters: | Mar 05, 2021 |
Runtime: | 2 hours 2 minutes |
Production: | Kadokawa, Fukushima 50 Film Partners, Just Creative Studio, Shochiku |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |