The Kadokawa Corporation has announced their latest feature film, Fukushima 50, will star Koichi Sato (Terminal, Unforgiven) and Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe (Inception, Letters from Iwo Jima).
Fukushima 50 is based on the book On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi by Ryusho Kadota and recounts the aftermath of the Great East Japan earthquake, the tsunami and ensuing meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The film will be directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (The Unbroken, Whiteout).
The devastating magnitude of the earthquake caused a tsunami which hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.