Cataloged from container. Based on the novel by Sakyō Komatsu. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. 880-03 Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Shibasaki Kō, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Yoshida Hideko. Special features: Optional audio feature commentary with Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and director Higuchi Shinji; theatrical trailers; chapters supervised by director Higuchi Shinji.
Summary:
"A submarine pilot, Onodera (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi), participates in the research of the abyssal ocean, and comes to learn an astonishing fact: the Japanese islands are going to disappear after a year due to the rapid subduction of the tectonic plates. A plan, initiated by the government, is made to relocate the Japanese nation overseas, but it proves difficult to prepare the other countries to receive the evacuees. Disasters soon start occurring across Japan as a result of the tectonic plate movements. Onodera rescues a girl who has lost her family, together with rescue team member, Reiko (Shibasaki Kou), who lost her family in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The two become attracted to each other. The last resort to save Japan is to separate the plate where the Japanese islands are located from the rest of the plate. Onodera heads down towards the ocean depth in an aging submarine in order to set detonators, and once he dives, the submarine will not be able to bring him back to the surface. Onodera puts his life at stake, and his work saves Japan from sinking."--J-Pitch JFDB.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)166295306
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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