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Fukushima 50

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Fukushima 50

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Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction, after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Drama based on a true story, starring Ken Watanabe, Takumi Saitoh and Angelo Minoru Kawajiri. In Japanese

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Jamie Healy

This real-life disaster movie is named after and dedicated to the power-plant workers who fought to stabilise the stricken Fukushima Daiicchi nuclear facility in Japan after it was hit by a major earthquake in 2011. The film wastes no time in presenting that devastating event and the mega-tsunami that followed in its wake, which knocked out the generators designed to keep the power station online. From then on, it's down to the men (and they are all men) in the control room to take charge of the situation to prevent total core meltdown. Western audiences may find a few cultural hurdles to overcome, as men continually bark orders while others suppliantly bow, and there's a very peculiar scene where power-station boss Ken Watanabe registers his disgust at the higher-ups by dropping his trousers in the presence of the prime minister. The fact that the country was poised on the brink of annihilation adds a palpable chill to proceedings, but as pressure inexorably builds inside the reactors, the tension outside dissipates with the realisation that precious little can be done to stop it. It's a polished, well-intentioned tribute, but one that's slightly constrained by sticking to the facts and its lack of potent human drama.

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Cast

rolenameMasao YoshidaKen WatanabeToshio IzakiKoichi SatoTomoko IzakiYasuko TomitaPrime MinisterShiro Sano

Crew

rolenameDirectorSetsuro Wakamatsu

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English | Japanese

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