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Japan Sinks: 2020

2020 · 1 season

A relentless, emotionally draining survival epic that mixes intimate family drama with apocalyptic spectacle, leaving you shaken and contemplative.

Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Animation, Action & adventure
Overview
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
How it feels
Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Relentless and needs your attention.
About
Survival, family, grief, trauma
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • grief
  • trauma
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror5
Humour2
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
sci-fi & fantasy, animation, action & adventure, drama
Created by
Masaaki Yuasa, Takayoshi Nagatomo, Yuji Tokuno
Starring
Taichi Takeda, Reina Ueda, Tomo Muranaka, Yuko Sasaki, Masaki Terasoma, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nanako Mori, Kensho Ono
Music
Kensuke Ushio
Cinematography
Toshikazu Hisano
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 24 min each
Network
Netflix
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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