Submersion of Japan (1973)

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Lorne Greene

Ambassador Warren Richards

Keiju Kobayashi

Dr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)

Rhonda Hopkins

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(as Rhonda Leigh Hopkins)

Hiroshi Fujioka

Toshio Onodera (Submarine Wadatsumi Pilot)

Tetsurô Tanba

Prime Minister Yamamoto

Ayumi Ishida

Reiko Abe

Shôgo Shimada

Watari (Political Fixer)

John Fujioka

Narita

Andrew Hughes

Australian Prime Minister

Nobuo Nakamura

Japanese Ambassador to Australia

Haruo Nakajima

Prime Minister's Chauffeur

Takeshi Yamamoto

Joe Dante

(US version)

Susan Sennett

(US version)

Hideaki Nitani

Dr.Nakata (Cognitive Science D-2 Project Leader)

Isao Natsuyagi

Yuuki

Clifford A. Pellow

(US version)

Yûsuke Takita

Assistant Professor Yukinaga (Geophysics)

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Trivia
The original version ran 143 minutes and was regarded as a "disaster film with brains," generally credited to the work of the two noted writers, Sakyo Komatsu and Shinobu Hashimoto. In the United States, Roger Corman's New World Pictures added insert shots featuring Lorne Greene and Rhonda Hopkins. Even with the added insert shots, this English dubbed version was cut down to only 82 minutes. This U.S. version concentrated on the action and special effects and removed those plot elements that were regarded as making the original version superior to many of the films in the then popular disaster genre. This U.S. version, re-titled "Tidal Wave" (1975), had a very poor reception in the United States.

Alternate versions
Released in 2 versions simultaneously in 1975 in US, 1 cut and dubbed, the other uncut and subtitled.

Connections
Featured in Quake (1992)

This film is very rarely shown. As one of the biggest fans of the disaster movie genre, I can honestly say that the film is a disappointment. The Japanese version of this film was excellent from what I understand, but the American version that I saw was terrible. Lorne Green was dubbed in for American audiences in 1975 and the movie was retitled Tidal Wave. I believe 1973 is listed on IMD's records. I think you may be incorrect. I have always seen the movie date as 1975 everywhere else. The special effects are worth seeing as some of the acting, but again very disappointing as far as the tidal wave sequences. It is worth watching once if the networks ever air it again. This picture is very rare and almost forgotten.