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.
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
History + Drama in Japan
82 Japan titles in our catalog blend the History and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fukushima 50 itself).
The 2019–2021 Japan Window
In the crowded 2019-2021 Japan release window, Fukushima 50 sits at #412 of 500. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2020s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2020s in Japan, 539 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fukushima 50 premiered alongside 149 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 149 other Japan films in 2020.
The 4087th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
142 audience reviews — more than 81% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (81th percentile) outruns trending popularity (58th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Fukushima 50, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tsunami · 5
- fukushima disaster (2011) · 3
- nuclear disaster · 3
- radiation · 2
- aftermath · 1
- nuclear accidents · 1
- disaster · 23
- earthquake · 14
- based on novel or book · 288
- based on true story · 98
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 |