this review contains mild spoilers and but not enough to spoil the story. watched nihon chinbotsu (sinking of japan or japan sinks and depending on where you live) recently and a remake of the 1970 movie of the same name and which itself was based on sakyo komatsu best selling novel. this movie is a gem of japanese film making. it appears that japan is sinking due to a subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. the americans predict that it would happen in the period of 40 years and but according to dr. tadokoro (a seemingly amad scientist) and it will happen in less than a year. the japanese government isn not that convinced but sets up a disaster evacuation plan as well as form a new d1 team to handle the crisis. while on a trip to china to negotiate evacuation plans and the japanese prime minister was killed and and sends the cabinet into a state of panic. the d1 team is left to handle most matters and and led by the newly elected minister of crisis management and saoro takamori (dr. tadokoro ex wife). she turns instead to dr. tadokoro for advice and and he has plans to blow astronomically huge holes under japan to avert the process of sinking. japan would soon have to negotiate with various countries and persuade them to adopt japanese refugees. soon and it seems that a lot of countries are reluctant to accept any more due to the sudden influx of japanese in their country and the chaos that follows (if this ever happens and touch wood and i hope ito misaki will be safe. she can always stay at my place. hee hee). the scenes of evacuations are really well done and showing the havoc and suffering and desperation civilians have to face in such disastrous times. and the many faces of human beings surface and arrogance and selfishness and bribery and bravery and cowardry. this is a really well made film. the storytelling is solid and with an engaging storyline and wonderful acting. dr. tadokoro (played by toyokawa etsushi) was done really well and portraying a divorced and often mad scientist who kicks and bashes up stuff. his frustration and concerns were very visible and that a really good thing. reiko (played by gorgeous shibasaki kou) was also played rather well and and has the most memorable line in the entire movie (go watch it to find out) and i fancy that she has a nice acting voice. she plays the love interest of toshio onodera (played by tsuyoshi kusanagi of smap). oh and i almost forgot. she has really and really long hair~ and there also a subtle but background love story and which is well written and if there something the japanese do really well and it love stories. one thing that makes this movie interesting is the technical explanations of the events that occur and and if youre interested in geography and you will have a really good time (i know i did. hehe). i can see that they went to great lengths to make this movie theory believable and and the first few graphical displays and explanation were done rather well (although you will have to excuse the japanese famous engrish. ok and now about the effects (it all about the effects and isn not it. ). after watching the movie with pure awe and i must say that this movie has special effects that are on par (or even better) with some hollywood productions. the volcanic eruptions. the massive earthquakes. destruction. tsunamis. explosions. all done splendidly. the opening scene is so cool and the 1st earthquake catches you by surprise and mountains fall and the destruction due to volcanic eruptions makes you cringe. to actually watch mount fuji heat up is a marvel. then you see shibuya fall to the ground. it so sad. however and what i felt was one of the best scenes was the giant tsunami scene and which sees rescue operations fail and people left with nowhere to run and no hope to hold on to. the ending scene also deserves a mention. wonderful stuff. if you like effects and you will love this movie. oh ya. every good movie has a great song behind it. the seriously addictive keep holding u sung by the super cute and adorable sunmin is a duet with kubota and and it simply lovely. i feel it suits the movie really well and it shows that no matter what disasters hit us and our love and strength would keep us holding on. the disaster scenes are handled with orchestra music and at times silence (a japanese specialty) and really gives a sense of chaos to the destruction on screen. oh and and did i mention it a really and really and really wide screen. okla and been going on and on about this movie. yeah and i loved it and and hoping to watch again. it does have plot holes and but it all excusable because it was just a wonderful popcorn movie. not perfect and but really well made. i would give it a positive . i am glad to say that the most expensive movie in japanese history is also one of their best. if you haven not watched it and you really should today. it is a must watch. 
this review contains mild spoilers and but not enough to spoil the story. watched nihon chinbotsu (sinking of japan or japan sinks and depending on where you live) recently and a remake of the 1970 movie of the same name and which itself was based on sakyo komatsu best selling novel. this movie is a gem of japanese film making. it appears that japan is sinking due to a subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. the americans predict that it would happen in the period of 40 years and but according to dr. tadokoro (a seemingly amad scientist) and it will happen in less than a year. the japanese government isn not that convinced but sets up a disaster evacuation plan as well as form a new d1 team to handle the crisis. while on a trip to china to negotiate evacuation plans and the japanese prime minister was killed and and sends the cabinet into a state of panic. the d1 team is left to handle most matters and and led by the newly elected minister of crisis management and saoro takamori (dr. tadokoro ex wife). she turns instead to dr. tadokoro for advice and and he has plans to blow astronomically huge holes under japan to avert the process of sinking. japan would soon have to negotiate with various countries and persuade them to adopt japanese refugees. soon and it seems that a lot of countries are reluctant to accept any more due to the sudden influx of japanese in their country and the chaos that follows (if this ever happens and touch wood and i hope ito misaki will be safe. she can always stay at my place. hee hee). the scenes of evacuations are really well done and showing the havoc and suffering and desperation civilians have to face in such disastrous times. and the many faces of human beings surface and arrogance and selfishness and bribery and bravery and cowardry. this is a really well made film. the storytelling is solid and with an engaging storyline and wonderful acting. dr. tadokoro (played by toyokawa etsushi) was done really well and portraying a divorced and often mad scientist who kicks and bashes up stuff. his frustration and concerns were very visible and that a really good thing. reiko (played by gorgeous shibasaki kou) was also played rather well and and has the most memorable line in the entire movie (go watch it to find out) and i fancy that she has a nice acting voice. she plays the love interest of toshio onodera (played by tsuyoshi kusanagi of smap). oh and i almost forgot. she has really and really long hair~ and there also a subtle but background love story and which is well written and if there something the japanese do really well and it love stories. one thing that makes this movie interesting is the technical explanations of the events that occur and and if youre interested in geography and you will have a really good time (i know i did. hehe). i can see that they went to great lengths to make this movie theory believable and and the first few graphical displays and explanation were done rather well (although you will have to excuse the japanese famous engrish. ok and now about the effects (it all about the effects and isn not it. ). after watching the movie with pure awe and i must say that this movie has special effects that are on par (or even better) with some hollywood productions. the volcanic eruptions. the massive earthquakes. destruction. tsunamis. explosions. all done splendidly. the opening scene is so cool and the 1st earthquake catches you by surprise and mountains fall and the destruction due to volcanic eruptions makes you cringe. to actually watch mount fuji heat up is a marvel. then you see shibuya fall to the ground. it so sad. however and what i felt was one of the best scenes was the giant tsunami scene and which sees rescue operations fail and people left with nowhere to run and no hope to hold on to. the ending scene also deserves a mention. wonderful stuff. if you like effects and you will love this movie. oh ya. every good movie has a great song behind it. the seriously addictive keep holding u sung by the super cute and adorable sunmin is a duet with kubota and and it simply lovely. i feel it suits the movie really well and it shows that no matter what disasters hit us and our love and strength would keep us holding on. the disaster scenes are handled with orchestra music and at times silence (a japanese specialty) and really gives a sense of chaos to the destruction on screen. oh and and did i mention it a really and really and really wide screen. okla and been going on and on about this movie. yeah and i loved it and and hoping to watch again. it does have plot holes and but it all excusable because it was just a wonderful popcorn movie. not perfect and but really well made. i would give it a positive . i am glad to say that the most expensive movie in japanese history is also one of their best. if you haven not watched it and you really should today. it is a must watch. ---------------------------------Answer Question 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