Submersion of Japan

International Title:

Submersion of Japan

Japanese Title:

Japan Sinks

US Title:

Tidal Wave

Alternate Title:

Production: Toho

Distributor: Toho

Japan Release Date

Japan Running Time

1973

140 Minutes

US Distributor: New World

US Release Date

US Running Time

1974

90 Minutes

Staff
Directed by Shiro Moritani Writing credits Shinobu Hashimoto, Sakyo Komatsu Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Osamu Tanaka Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography by Daisaku Kimura, Hiroshi Murai Film Editing by Michiko Ikeda Production Design by Yoshiro Muraki Assistant Director Koji Hashimoto Director of Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano
Cast
Tanaka Tadokoro, Doctor Keiju Kobayashi Toshio Onoda Hiroshi Fujioka Reiko Abe Ayumi Ishida Yamato, Prime Minister Tetsuro Tamba Prince Watari Shogo Shimada Narita John Fujioka Australian Prime Minister Andrew Hughes Japanese Ambassador to Australia Nobuo Nakamura Prime Minister's Chauffeur Haruo Nakajima
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	Wadatsumi-No. 1, UH-1B Helicopter
Stock Footage	Other Points of Interest
None	Box Office

Box Office

Release Date: December 29th, 1973 (Japan)
Budget: ¥500,000,000 / $1,800,000 (Rough Figure)
Attendance: 6,500,000 (Japan)
Distribution Earning: ¥1,952,000,000 / $6,500,000 (Japan)
Total: ¥4,000,000,000 / $14,000,000 (Japan, Rough Figure)

DVDs

Region 2 Japan Sinks Toho (2003)
Blu-Ray Japan Sinks Toho (2009)

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