Tokyo Blackout (1987)
2h
Running Time
January 16, 1987Release Date
Tokyo Blackout (1987)
2h
Running Time
January 16, 1987Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Yûko Natori
koide mariko
Shinji Yamashita
Tamiya Yosuke
Midori Ebina
Keiko Yasuhara
Yoko Ishino
Matsunaga Mieko
Eimei Esumi
Takeda
Isao Natsuyagi
Sakuma Eji
Dennis Falt
US Airforce pilot
Hideji Ōtaki
Otawara Gonzo
Masato Hoshi
Hokuto Electric Laboratory Technician
Toshio Masuda
Director
Tsunehiko Watase
Asakura Tatsuya
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer
Sakyo Komatsu
Writer
Shigekazu Ikuno
Production Design
Maurice Jarre
Composer
Toshio Taniguchi
Editor
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Details.
Wiki.
Tokyo Blackout (首都消失, Shuto shōshitsu) (Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda. It is based on Sakyo Komatsu's novel Shuto shōshitsu which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985. The film's score was composed by Maurice Jarre, and special effects were directed by Teruyoshi Nakano.