01 Aug 1976
Cruel Bondage Picture Legend
It was a tumultuous time. In the early Meiji period, there was the first photographer in Japan who lived a heroic life. What fascinated him with photography was a photograph of a naked woman.
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.
Top Billed Cast
草彅剛 Onodera Tosio
柴咲コウ Abe Reiko
豊川悦司 Tadogoro Yusuke
大地真央 Takamori Saori
及川光博 Tatsuya Yuki
福田麻由子 Kuraki Misaki
吉田日出子 
柄本明 
國村隼 
石坂浩二 
遠藤憲一 
加藤武 
池田成志 
木村多江 北村和夫 
津田寛治 
前田愛 
松尾貴史 
村杉蝉之介 
六平直政
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