TV series

Japan Sinks

1974–1975 · 1 season

A slow, grimly fascinating procedural of a nation coming apart, mixing bureaucratic panic with human desperation.

Overview: Long-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Survival, death, fate, politics
Content: Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
fate
politics
family
Places: big city
countryside
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none