Tidal Wave
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Tidal Wave (Nippon chinbotsu) (1973, Japan) is a Disaster film directed by Shirô Moritani and Andrew Mayer.
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Main Details
- Released on December 29, 1973 (Japan; May 1975 in the US)
- Color
- Running time: 143 minutes (Japan; 82 minutes in the US)
- Production Co.: Toho Studios
- Distribution Co.: Toho Studios| New World Pictures (dubbed)
- Directed by Shirô Moritani and Andrew Mayer
- Written by Shinobu Hashimoto, from Sakyo Komatsu's novel Japan Sinks, Andrew Mayer (English version)
- Starring: Lorne Green, Keiju Kobayashi, Rhonda Leigh Hopkins
Plot Summary
- Racked by earthquakes and volcanoes, 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.
Taglines
- Earthquakes shattered the nation. Cities become raging firestorms. But the worst is yet to come
- The ultimate disaster