Fukushima 50 (film)

Fukushima 50 is a 2020 Japanese disaster drama film directed by Setsurō Wakamatsu and written by Yōichi Maekawa. Starring Koichi Sato and Ken Watanabe, it is about the titular group of employees tasked with handling the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film is based on the book by Ryusho Kadota, titled On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, and it is the first Japanese film to depict the disaster.

Fukushima 50
Film poster
Directed bySetsurō Wakamatsu
Written byYōichi Maekawa
Based onOn the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
by Ryusho Kadota
Produced byNaohiko Ninomiya
StarringKoichi Sato
Ken Watanabe
CinematographyShoji Ehara
Edited byZiliang Kai
Music byTaro Iwashiro
Production
company
Distributed byKadokawa
Release date
  • March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$7.4 miilion
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