TV series

Submersion of Japan

1974–1975 · 1 season

A slow, grim countdown as ordinary officials and scientists watch their homeland inch toward catastrophe, heavy with dread and quiet despair.

Overview: In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!
How it feels: Bleak, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning 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: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
death
fate
politics
grief
Places: big city
workplace
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none