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Released 6 years ago.
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Fukushima 50
"In the darkest hours, courage prevails."
2020 2h 2m JA
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Synopsis
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Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
“In the darkest hours, courage prevails.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Ken Watanabe
Masao Yoshida
Koichi Sato
Toshio Izaki
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takumi Maeda
Narumi Yasuda
Mari Asano
Naoto Ogata
Shoichi Nojiri
Shōhei Hino
Hisao Omori
Mitsuru Hirata
Shigeru Hirayama
Masato Hagiwara
Kazuo Igawa
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Setsuro Wakamatsu
- Writers
- Yoichi Maekawa, Ryusho Kadota
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, shot by Shôji Ehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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AWARDS
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Editor Eric Kwong Chi-Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato and Hidetaka Yoshioka carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "In the darkest hours, courage prevails.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt9318772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Setsuro Wakamatsu directs. Shôji Ehara behind the camera. Taro Iwashiro scores. Eric Kwong Chi-Leung cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 6 years ago.
- 2Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu, shot by Shôji Ehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Eric Kwong Chi-Leung shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato and Hidetaka Yoshioka carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "In the darkest hours, courage prevails.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt9318772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 14 themes, including "japan", "based on novel or book", "radiation", "aftermath".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Shôji Ehara
- Original score
- Taro Iwashiro
- Editing
- Eric Kwong Chi-Leung
- Production design
- Yukiharu Seshimo
- Sound
- Kenji Shibasaki
- Runtime
- 122 min · 2h 2m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $7,494,243
- Original language
- JA
- Certification (US)
- 12
Also by
Setsuro Wakamatsu
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Shochiku
JP
KADOKAWA
JP
KADOKAWA Daiei Studio
JP
IMAGICA GROUP
JP
Chunichi Shimbun
JP
Hochi Shimbunsha
JP
- TH
The Fukushima Minyu Shimbun
JP
Sankei Shimbun co.
JP
THE NISHINIPPON SHIMBUN
JP
- TH
The Chugoku Shimbun
JP
Movie Walker
JP
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
JP
Key crew
- Music ArrangerHidetoshi Miyai
- Music ProducerShigeyuki Onodera
- ProducerNaohiko Ninomiya
- Executive ProducerShinichirou Inoue
- Sound DesignerKenji Shibasaki
- Original StoryRyusho Kadota
- Production SupervisorHidehisa Chiwata
- Line ProducerNobuyuki Kajikawa
- EditorEric Kwong Chi-Leung
- Visual EffectsToshio Miike
- Special EffectsToshio Miike
- Set DecorationHisayuki Kobayashi
- Sound RecordistHitoshi Tsurumaki
- Lighting DirectorTakashi Sugimoto
- Production DesignYukiharu Seshimo
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- japan
- based on novel or book
- radiation
- aftermath
- earthquake
- based on true story
- tsunami
- disaster
- power company
- nuclear accidents
- fukushima disaster (2011)
- nuclear disaster
- great east japan earthquake
- disaster aftermath
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2020-10-0212
Also known as
International titles
- フクシマフィフティJP
- 福岛50死士CN
- Фукушима 50BG
- Атомные самураиRU
