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Tokyo Blackout

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Original title

Shuto shôshitsu

Year

1987

Running time

120 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Toshio Masuda

Screenwriter

Toshio Masuda. Novel: Sakyo Komatsu

Cast

Music

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Masahiko Iimura

Producer

Daiei Studios, Kansai Telecasting, Toho

Genre

Mystery. Sci-Fi

Synopsis

Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddendly covered by a dome shaped electromagantic 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 governmemt. 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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Tokyo Blackout

1987

Toshio Masuda