Der Untergang Japans

Subduction rumbles offshore, a single hydrophone picking up the wrong pitch. A pale pulse beneath the trench nudges the archipelago toward abyssal dark. One last tide before the islands vanish entirely.

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Shirō Moritani directed Der Untergang Japans in 1973. See Shirō Moritani's full filmography, where to start with Shirō Moritani, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shirō Moritani.

Der Untergang Japans was released in 1973 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 143 minutes.