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Tokyo Blackout (1987)

Original title: 首都消失

1987-01-16 · JA
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Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.

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Toshio MasudaDirector, WriterHiroyasu YamauraWriter

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Yūko NatoriYūko Natorikoide marikoShinji YamashitaShinji YamashitaTamiya YosukeYoko IshinoYoko IshinoMatsunaga MiekoIsao NatsuyagiIsao NatsuyagiSakuma EjiHideji ŌtakiHideji ŌtakiOtawara GonzoTsunehiko WataseTsunehiko WataseAsakura Tatsuya

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Genre affinityScience FictionTheme affinityTokusatsuDirector preference210106Actor preference217622 · 171018 · 469062Country preferenceJpDecade preference1980

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Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.