Fukushima 50

(2020)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 195 votes

Genres: History, Drama, Action

Year: 2020

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Сэцуро Вакамацу

Cast: Кэн Ватанабэ, 佐藤浩市, Хидэтака Ёсиока, 安田成美, 緒形直人, Сёхэй Хино, 平田満, Масато Хагивара, 堀部圭亮, 小倉久寛

Plot

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.

A tsunami is triggered when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hits the Pacific Ocean near Japan. A plant manager risks everything and stays put to handle the pending disaster once a reactor begins to leak. He is in contact with the parent utility TEPCO. The Japanese army moves in. The Americans also show up to command the situation. The plant employees fight on.