Sakyo Komatsu
Sakyo Komatsu (小松 左京 Komatsu Sakyō, January 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011) was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.
Works
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Kōichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.
Release Date:2021-10-10
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:18
Japan Sinks 2020 Theatrical Edition: Unsinkable Hope
The Mutou family leads a peaceful life: Kouichirou works at a construction site and his wife Mari is returning from an overseas trip. Their daughter Ayumu has just finished her track practice while their son Gou is playing video games at home. However, life as they know it is flipped upside down when a calamitous earthquake strikes the entire Japanese archipelago—obliterating the face of the country in an instant. With society crumbling around them and their nation gradually sinking into the ocean, the Mutou family must band together to survive the catastrophe. Treading the near-apocalyptic setting, they struggle not only to stay alive, but also to learn the difficulty of coping with loss.
Release Date:2020-11-13
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:1
Japan Sinks: 2020
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
Release Date:2020-07-09
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Episode Count:10
Vote Count:310
Japan Sinks
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
Release Date:2006-07-15
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:31
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Release Date:1990-10-04
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:19
Vote Count:2
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
A collection of sci-fi stories based on Sakyou Komatsu's writing.
Release Date:1989-10-18
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Star Virgin
Eiko is an alien girl with a unique superpower. She wears an amulet that can sense when men are attracted to her. Using this amulet she can transform into a superhero, Star Virgin, and use her super powers to protect herself. Originally coming to earth to sightsee, Eiko has to save the world from killer robots and protect her nerdy companion.
Release Date:1988-06-05
Character:Eiko's Father
Vote Count:8
Time of the Apes
A female scientist and two children are accidentally transported into a future dominated by primates.
Release Date:1987-05-15
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Vote Count:26
Tokyo Blackout
Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Release Date:1987-01-16
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:5
Sayonara Jupiter
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.
Release Date:1984-03-17
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:8
Virus
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Release Date:1980-06-26
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:61
Tidal Wave
Two hundred million years ago, Earth had a single continent. As the millennia progressed, the single continent slowly split off into smaller continents and islands. Thirty million years ago, the country of Japan was part of the continent of Asia, and has since split off into its own archipelago. Another landmass shift is about to occur...
Release Date:1975-05-28
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
ESPY
The film deals with the recruitment of race car driver Jiro Miki (Masao Kusakari) and his dog, Caesar, to a group of people who use ESP, psychokinesis, and other special mental abilities to fight crime.
Release Date:1974-12-28
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:5
Army of the Apes
Release Date:1974-10-06
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Episode Count:26
Japan Sinks
Long-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.
Release Date:1974-10-06
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Episode Count:26
Submersion of Japan
In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!
Release Date:1974-10-06
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Submersion of Japan
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.
Release Date:1973-12-29
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:18
Neon taiheiki
Release Date:1968-04-13
宇宙人ピピ
Release Date:1965-04-08
Department:Writing
Job:Original Story
Episode Count:52