Movie

Submersion of Japan

1973 · 143 min

A slow, sobering plunge into national catastrophe, mixing bureaucratic dread with intimate human loss and a quiet, mounting sense of doom.

Overview: A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, politics, grief
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
politics
grief
fate
Places: big city
countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild