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Japan Sinks: 2020
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Taichi Takeda
Saburō Ōtani (voice)
10 eps
Reina Ueda
Ayumu Mutō (voice)
10 eps
Tomo Muranaka
Gō Mutō (voice)
10 eps
Yuko Sasaki
Mari Mutō (voice)
10 eps
Masaki Terasoma
Kōichirō Mutō (voice)
10 eps
Hiroyuki Yoshino
Haruki Koga (voice)
10 eps
Nanako Mori
Nami Miura (voice)
10 eps
Kensho Ono
Kaito (voice)
10 eps
George Cockle
Daniel Zakovic (voice)
10 eps
Umeji Sasaki
Kunio Ashida (voice)
10 eps
Tomoko Shiota
Kanae Murota (voice)
10 eps
Daiki Hamano
Osamu Asada (voice)
10 eps
Erisa Kuon
Rescue member (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Japan Sinks: 2020 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Japan Sinks: 2020 reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After catastrophic earthquakes devastate Japan, one family's resolve is tested on a journey of survival through the sinking archipelago.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Beginning of the End
As the members of the Mutoh family go about their daily lives, a series of powerful earthquakes begins wreaking mass destruction throughout Japan.
- Directed by Takayoshi Nagatomo
S01E02
Farewell, Tokyo
With the waters rising, the Mutohs and their neighbors Nanami and Haruo decide to abandon the shrine where they’ve taken refuge and leave Tokyo.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Masaaki YuasaExecutive Producer
- Hideo KatsumataExecutive Producer
- Eunyoung ChoiProducer
- Kazuto MatsumuraProducer
- Kohei ObaraExecutive Producer
Direction
- Masaaki YuasaDirector
- Yuji TokunoDirector
- Takayoshi NagatomoDirector
Cinematography
- Toshikazu HisanoDirector of Photography
Music
- Kensuke UshioOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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