252: Signal of Life

You respond to a distress call in a flooded Tokyo subway station, but the rescue mission puts your own life at risk. The city's destruction serves as a backdrop to the desperate struggle. Director Nobuo Mizuta sets the scene in a catastrophic future.

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Nobuo Mizuta directed 252: Signal of Life in 2008. See Nobuo Mizuta's full filmography, where to start with Nobuo Mizuta, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nobuo Mizuta.

252: Signal of Life was released in 2008 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.