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Japan Sinks

Japan Sinks

■ Basic Data

ItemContent
Year1973
CountryJapan
DirectorShiro Moritani
CastKeiju Kobayashi, Tetsurō Tamba, Yōko Tsukasa
GenreScience Fiction, Disaster

■ Title Language Table

LanguageTextRomanization
EnglishJapan Sinks
EspañolJapón se hundeJapon se hunde
FrançaisLa Submersion du JaponLa Submersion du Japon
DeutschJapan sinktJapan sinkt
PortuguêsJapão AfundaJapao Afunda
ItalianoGiappone sprofondaGiappone sprofonda
РусскийГибель ЯпонииGibel Yaponii
中文(简体)日本沉没
中文(繁體)日本沉沒
한국어일본침몰Ilbon Chimnol
ไทยญี่ปุ่นวิปโยคYipun Wipayok
Tiếng ViệtNhật Bản chìm xuốngNhat Ban chim xuong
Bahasa IndonesiaJepang TenggelamJepang Tenggelam
日本語日本沈没Nihon Chinbotsu

■ One-Line Definition

👉 A work that depicts a structure in which collective survival and national extinction collide within an irreversible catastrophe


■ Synopsis

As Japan faces geological annihilation, individuals and institutions confront the meaning of survival beyond homeland.


■ RECIPE Tags

#Civilization
#Survival
#Impermanence
#CollectiveFate
#Extinction


■ Primary Axis

  • Entry: Loss of homeland
     Reason: Identity is threatened by the disappearance of the nation itself
     Related Film: The Wandering Earth
  • Middle: Civilization under collapse
     Reason: Society attempts to preserve continuity amid inevitable destruction
     Related Film: Children of Men
  • Core: What survives after a nation dies
     Reason: Human continuity becomes more important than territory
     Related Film: Melancholia

■ Secondary Axes

  • Collective destiny
     Related Film: Shin Godzilla
  • Impermanence of civilization
     Related Film: Koyaanisqatsi

■ Person

  • Director: Shiro Moritani
  • Cast: Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurō Tamba, Yōko Tsukasa

■ Structural Tags

#CivilizationCollapse
#CollectiveSurvivalStructure
#ExtinctionStructure


■ Attribute Tags

#JapaneseFilm
#ScienceFiction
#DisasterFilm

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