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Japan Sinks (2006)
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Original name: 日本沈没
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Japan sinks! Proving once again that Japan will never cease to find inventive ways to destroy itself on screen, this summer's blockbuster Sinking of Japan brings apocalypse through tectonics. Based on Sakyo Komatsu's best-selling novel, Sinking of Japan was first put on the big screen in Moritani Shiro's 1973 classic. In 2006, director Higuchi Shinji remakes the disaster movie, taking the story to
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, action thriller, disaster movie
Plot:
disaster, tsunami, rescue, race against time, love affair, leadership, escapades, chaos, danger, head of state, negotiation, chases and races, demolished city, forces of nature, destruction, survival, earthquake, climate, extreme, ocean, heroes, save the planet, chaos and mayhem, diaspora, hopes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, exciting, serious and suspense films with plots about danger, disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, forces of nature, escapades and race against time mostly in Thriller, Action and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Japan Sinks: Supervolcano (2005), Tidal Wave (1973), Super Eruption (2011), Dark Storm (2006), MegaFault (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 120 min.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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35%
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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34%
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Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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32%
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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