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Deathquake aka Megaforce 7.9 aka Jishin rettô (1980)
Magnitude 7.9 (地震列島 Jishin Rettō, lit. Archipelago Earthquake) is a 1980 disaster film produced by Toho Pictures. Toho released the film to Japanese theaters on August 30, 1980 and it entered American television syndication in 1983.
4.9 Rating
126 min
Seizmologist Hoichi loses touch with his family when he predicts that there will be an earthquake in Tokyo of greater magnitude than the one in 1923, which his father predicted.
Country: Japan
Genre: Action, Drama, Scifi, Disaster
Original Release: August 30, 1980
American Dub Release: February 5, 1982
Directed by: Kenjiro Omori
Original Cast:
Hiroshi Katsuno as Yoichi Kawazu, geophysicist
Toshiyuki Nagashima as Masayuki Hashizume, reporter
Kayo Matsuo as Yuko Kawazu, Yoichi's wife
Yumi Takigawa as Tomiko Ashida, earthquake research institute employee
Hideji Otaki as Professor Marumo
Shin Saburi as Prime Minister of Japan
Chiaki Matsubara as Kazue Umejima, camerawoman
Sachiko Murase as Fusae Kawazu, Yuko's mother
Tatsuo Matsumura as Kozo Ashida, Tomiko's father
Kei Sato as Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yoshio Inaba as Director General of the National Land Agency
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Director General of the Meteorological Agency
Eiji Okada as Professor Watanabe
Mizuho Suzuki as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Norihei Miki as Kozo
Yusuke Takita as Middle-aged office worker
Daigo Kusano as Bearded man
Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Hayashi, earthquake section manager of the Meteorological Agency
Toshitaka Ito as Subway operator
Jiro Kusanagi as Observation director of the Meteorological Agency
Toshiyuki Nagashima as Masayuki Hashizume, reporter
Kayo Matsuo as Yuko Kawazu, Yoichi's wife
Yumi Takigawa as Tomiko Ashida, earthquake research institute employee
Hideji Otaki as Professor Marumo
Shin Saburi as Prime Minister of Japan
Chiaki Matsubara as Kazue Umejima, camerawoman
Sachiko Murase as Fusae Kawazu, Yuko's mother
Tatsuo Matsumura as Kozo Ashida, Tomiko's father
Kei Sato as Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yoshio Inaba as Director General of the National Land Agency
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Director General of the Meteorological Agency
Eiji Okada as Professor Watanabe
Mizuho Suzuki as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Norihei Miki as Kozo
Yusuke Takita as Middle-aged office worker
Daigo Kusano as Bearded man
Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Hayashi, earthquake section manager of the Meteorological Agency
Toshitaka Ito as Subway operator
Jiro Kusanagi as Observation director of the Meteorological Agency
English dub:
Chris Hilton as Yoichi Kawazu / Chief Cabinet Secretary
Warren Rooke as Masayuki Hashizume
Rik Thomas as Professor Marumo / Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Bearded man
Warren Rooke as Masayuki Hashizume
Rik Thomas as Professor Marumo / Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Bearded man