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!
Submersion of Japan (Season 1)
The Raging Sea (Episode 1)
Air date: 1974-10-06
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and the Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.
Undersea Torrent (Episode 2)
Air date: 1974-10-13
Runtime: 55 min
White Fissure (Episode 3)
Air date: 1974-10-20
Runtime: 55 min
When the Sea Turns Violent (Episode 4)
Air date: 1974-10-27
Runtime: 55 min
The Island is Sinking (Episode 5)
Air date: 1974-11-03
Runtime: 55 min
The Earth Wails in Sorrow (Episode 6)
Air date: 1974-11-10
Runtime: 55 min
A Black Tornado, the Fang of the Sky (Episode 7)
Air date: 1974-11-17
Runtime: 55 min
The Furious Stream (Episode 8)
Air date: 1974-11-24
Runtime: 55 min
Mystery of the Undersea Cave (Episode 9)
Air date: 1974-12-01
Runtime: 55 min
The Aso Firefall (Episode 10)
Air date: 1974-12-08
Runtime: 55 min
An Aurora Over Kyoto!! (Episode 11)
Air date: 1974-12-15
Runtime: 55 min
Kyoto is in Danger (Episode 12)
Air date: 1974-12-22
Runtime: 55 min
Kyoto Crumbles (Episode 13)
Air date: 1974-12-29
Runtime: 55 min
Love of Tomorrow (Episode 14)
Air date: 1975-01-05
Runtime: 55 min
The Oil Platform Explodes (Episode 15)
Air date: 1975-01-12
Runtime: 55 min
Kagoshima Bay SOS! (Episode 16)
Air date: 1975-01-19
Runtime: 55 min
Amakusa Vanished! (Episode 17)
Air date: 1975-01-26
Runtime: 55 min
Crisis Approaches Ogouchi Dam (Episode 18)
Air date: 1975-02-02
Runtime: 55 min
Farewell, Hakodate (Episode 19)
Air date: 1975-02-09
Runtime: 55 min
Hokkaido Sinks (Episode 20)
Air date: 1975-02-16
Runtime: 55 min
Flame Spreads Through Izu Oshima (Episode 21)
Writer: Shūkei Nagasaka
Air date: 1975-02-23
Runtime: 55 min
The Japanese Islands Break Apart (Episode 22)
Air date: 1975-03-02
Runtime: 55 min
Kamakura Disappeared into the Sea (Episode 23)
Air date: 1975-03-09
Runtime: 55 min
Get Out, People of Tokyo (Episode 24)
Writer: Yuichiro Yamane
Air date: 1975-03-16
Runtime: 55 min
Ah! Tokyo is Sinking (Episode 25)
Air date: 1975-03-23
Runtime: 55 min
Tokyo's Final Day (Episode 26)
Writer: Yuichiro Yamane
Air date: 1975-03-30
Runtime: 55 min
Seasons
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