
Japan Sinks: People of Hope
Shunichi Hirano, Nobuhiro Doi, Yōhei Miyazaki, 2021-
Japan Sinks
Sakyo Komatsu, 1973
Japan Sinks: People of Hope is a TV series directed by Shunichi Hirano, Nobuhiro Doi and Yōhei Miyazaki in 2021 and based on the book Japan Sinks: A Novel about Earthquakes by Sakyo Komatsu, first published in 1973. The TV series features Ken’ichi Matsuyama, Shun Oguri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Anne Watanabe, Tôru Nakamura, and others.
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Storyline
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan.
Movie vs Book

Year
2021
Minutes
55
Movie Rate
6.70
Source: IMDb
TV Series
Japan Sinks: People of Hope
Original title: Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito
Director: Shunichi Hirano, Nobuhiro Doi, Yōhei Miyazaki
Country: Japan
Year: 2021-
Length: 55m / 1 episodes

Year
1973
Pages
224
Book Rate
7.16
S: Goodreads
Book
Japan Sinks
Subtitle: A Novel about Earthquakes
Author: Sakyo Komatsu
Country: Japan
First published in: 1973
Length: 224 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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