Japan Synopsis
“In the darkest hours, courage prevails”
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.
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
500 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Fukushima 50 sits at position #412.
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★ 8.9 · 2019
#2Revue Starlight: The Movie
★ 8.8 · 2021
#3Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
★ 8.8 · 2021
#4Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5Police in a Pod
★ 8.7 · 2021
#6Jujutsu Kaisen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Dr. STONE
★ 8.6 · 2019
#8The Rising of the Shield Hero
★ 8.6 · 2019
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fukushima 50. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fukushima 50 premiered. 539 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,266 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (29th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan History productions specifically: #75 of 100 (top 75%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku, KADOKAWA |
| Runtime | 2h 2m |
| Release Date | March 6, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt9318772 |
| Official Site | www.mpihomevideo.com |