Submersion of Japan

Synopsis

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!

First Air Date: 1974-10-06

Last Air Date: 1975-03-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Sakyo Komatsu

Networks: TBS

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Top Cast

Keiju Kobayashi as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Takenori Murano as Toshio Onodera
Kaoru Yumi as Reiko Abe
Mari-Christine Jeanney as Maria Bailey
Tomoko Ogawa as Maya Ariyoshi
Tomoyuki Hosokawa as Assistant Professor Nobuhiko Yukinaga
Toshio Kurosawa as Secretary Nakata
Noboru Nakaya as Hideo Yoshimura
Kunie Tanaka as Tatsuno
Kenji Sahara as Nozue

Seasons

Season 1 (1974)

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Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Raging Sea (1974-10-06)

Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and the Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.
Ep. 2: Undersea Torrent (1974-10-13)

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Ep. 3: White Fissure (1974-10-20)

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Ep. 4: When the Sea Turns Violent (1974-10-27)

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Ep. 5: The Island is Sinking (1974-11-03)

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Ep. 6: The Earth Wails in Sorrow (1974-11-10)

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Ep. 7: A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky (1974-11-17)

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Ep. 8: The Furious Stream (1974-11-24)

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Ep. 9: Mystery of the Undersea Cave (1974-12-01)

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Ep. 10: The Aso Firefall (1974-12-08)

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Ep. 11: An Aurora Over Kyoto!! (1974-12-15)

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Ep. 12: Kyoto is in Danger (1974-12-22)

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Ep. 13: Kyoto Crumbles (1974-12-29)

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Ep. 14: Love of Tomorrow (1975-01-05)

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Ep. 15: The Oil Platform Explodes (1975-01-12)

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Ep. 16: Kagoshima Bay SOS! (1975-01-19)

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Ep. 17: Amakusa Vanished! (1975-01-26)

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Ep. 18: Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam (1975-02-02)

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Ep. 19: Farewell, Hakodate (1975-02-09)

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Ep. 20: Hokkaido Sinks (1975-02-16)

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Ep. 21: Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima (1975-02-23)

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Ep. 22: The Japanese Islands Break Apart (1975-03-02)

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Ep. 23: Kamakura Disappeared into the Sea (1975-03-09)

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Ep. 24: Get Out, People of Tokyo (1975-03-16)

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Ep. 25: Ah! Tokyo is Sinking (1975-03-23)

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Ep. 26: Tokyo's Final Day (1975-03-30)

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