Sinking of Japan

Sinking of Japan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShinji Higuchi
Written byMasato Kato
Based onJapan Sinks
by Sakyo Komatsu
Produced byKazuya Hamana
Toshiaki Nakazawa
StarringTsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kou Shibasaki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Mao Daichi
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
CinematographyTaro Kawazu
Music byTarō Iwashiro
Production
company
Sedic International
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥2 billion[1]
Box office$51 million[2]

Sinking of Japan (日本沈没, Nihon Chinbotsu, lit.'Japan Sinks') is a 2006 Japanese tokusatsu disaster film directed by Shinji Higuchi. It is an adaptation of the novel Japan Sinks and a remake of its earlier film adaptation Submersion of Japan, both released in the year 1973. It stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa and Mao Daichi.

  1. ^ "WOWOW アニメと実写で「日本沈没」スペシャル". SakyoKomatsu.jp (in Japanese). July 19, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan (2006)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved February 23, 2024.