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Fukushima 50

Name: Fukushima 50
Genre: History, Drama, Action
Released: 2020-03-06
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Narumi Yasuda, Naoto Ogata

2020 | 122 min | History, Drama, Action

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for action fans and history buffs. If you loved Deepwater Horizon, start here.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 2 min.
What might put you off: It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$7 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 19K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu

Ken WatanabeMasao Yoshida
Koichi SatoToshio Izaki
Hidetaka YoshiokaTakumi Maeda
Narumi YasudaMari Asano
Naoto OgataShoichi Nojiri
Shōhei HinoHisao Omori
Mitsuru HirataShigeru Hirayama
Masato HagiwaraKazuo Igawa
Keisuke HoribeKatsuji Kano
Hisahiro OguraKota Yano