Watch UK Trailer For Fukushima 50 Starring Ken Watanabe

2011 will be an unforgettable year for the Japanese, as the world the world looked on, as Japan battled to avert a potentially world-changing catastrophe – when, following an earthquake and tsunami, a nuclear reactor started to leak. Next month Altitude Films will release Fukushima 50 the gripping account of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and nuclear disaster in advance of its tenth anniversary, today we get a look at the UK Trailer.

Hot on the heels of 2019’s acclaimed Chernobyl, comes another recreation of a truly chilling moment in history, when the fate of mankind seemed to hang in the balance – or rather, in the hands of the workers at the Japanese power plant, who became known as the ‘Fukushima 50’.

Based on the extraordinary, jaw-dropping book by Ryusho Kadota, On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi,  a moving and extremely timely human drama about people pulling together in a time of unprecedented crisis.

The film stars Ken Watanabe (Inception, Godzilla)as the head of the power plant who must act fast to prevent total destruction, and rally his workers to action. Also starring  Kôichi Satô (Mishima: A Life In 4 Chapters)…
March 11, 2011, 2:46 pm. Japan’s Tohoku Region. At a magnitude of 9.0, the strongest earthquake in Japan’s history struck, triggering a huge tsunami and carnage to the effect of more than 19,000 people dead. It mercilessly swallowed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. The nuclear reactors were unable to be cooled because of a crippling station blackout, causing hydrogen explosions in building after building. If the power plant was abandoned, Japan’s destruction was assured. Facing such a life or death situation, workers known as the “Fukushima 50”, including shift supervisor Izaki and plant manager Yoshida, remained on the site of the nuclear power plant on the brink. As the world held its breath and watched, they fought for their hometown and their families.

Fukushima 50 will be released in the UK and Ireland from 11th March 2021 on Digital HD.

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