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Tidal Wave

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With a surging tidal wave threatening to submerge his country, Japanese scientist Dr. Tadokoro (Keiju Kobayashi) takes his concerns to government officials. As Prime Minister Yamamoto (Tetsurô Tanba) urgently looks for a way to save his people, a rescue mission is being planned thousands of miles away. In New York, Warren Richards (Lorne Greene), the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, implores his colleagues to set up an evacuation plan in Japan's hour of need.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times It is purely and simply a wretched failure, a feeble attempt to paste together inept special effects (filmed in Japan) and Lorne Greene (filmed in America to his everlasting regret, I'll bet). Rated: 0.5/4 Jun 19, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Loudon M z. zoink was excellent casting for main character and onilink cameo was awesome Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Shiro Moriana

Director

Lorne Greene

Ambassador Warren Richards

Keiju Kobayashi

Dr. Tadokoro

Rhonda Leigh Hopkins

Fran

Hiroshi Fujioka

Onodera Toshio

Tetsurô Tanba

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Synopsis With a surging tidal wave threatening to submerge his country, Japanese scientist Dr. Tadokoro (Keiju Kobayashi) takes his concerns to government officials. As Prime Minister Yamamoto (Tetsurô Tanba) urgently looks for a way to save his people, a rescue mission is being planned thousands of miles away. In New York, Warren Richards (Lorne Greene), the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, implores his colleagues to set up an evacuation plan in Japan's hour of need.
Director
Shiro Moriana
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenwriter
Shinobu Hashimoto
Production Co
Toho Company
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 22m