Tokyo Shaking 2021
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 105 minutes
- Director
- Olivier Peyon
- Networks
- Les Films du Lendemain, Wild Bunch, SCOPE Pictures
- Where to Stream
- Amazon Prime Video, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
What is Tokyo Shaking?
Topic: Film "Tokyo Shaking" (2021). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- Film
- Year
- 2021
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 105 minutes
- Release date
- Jun 23, 2021
- Original language
- FR
- Origin
- Belgium, France
- Studios
- Les Films du Lendemain, Wild Bunch, SCOPE Pictures
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.1/10 from 46 votes
- Episode runtime
- ~105 minutes
- Status
- Released
- Networks
- Les Films du Lendemain, Wild Bunch, SCOPE Pictures
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Overview
Topic: Film "Tokyo Shaking" (2021).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: Tokyo Shaking.
Year: 2021.
Genre: Drama.
Runtime: 1h 45m.
Release Date (FR): 06/23/2021.
Plot:
Date: March 11, 2011.
Event: Biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster.
Context: Risks are being downplayed; foreign community in Tokyo is terrified; no one is capable of assessing scope.
Protagonist: Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank.
Conflict: Facing a nuclear crisis; torn between company instructions and returning to her husband and children in Hong Kong; defending honor and given word amidst terror and chaos.
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Should you watch it?
“A French bank employee in Tokyo faces a nuclear crisis after a massive tsunami.”
- Explores the terrifying unfolding of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster from the perspective of Tokyo's foreign community.
- Features a compelling central performance by Karin Viard as Alexandra, a French executive caught between corporate orders and family.
- Directed by Olivier Peyon as a Franco-Belgian feature film depicting high-stakes moral and professional dilemmas.
- It deals with a tragic real-life disaster and pervasive terror that may be intense for some viewers.
Watch it if you want to see a dramatic portrayal of an executive navigating corporate instructions versus family safety during the Fukushima disaster.
The tone is dramatic and tense, capturing the terror and chaos of a major nuclear crisis and natural disaster.
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Where to stream Tokyo Shaking?
Streaming availability can be checked on platforms like The Movie Database and Plex, though specific regional streaming rights are subject to change.
Whether it is worth watching?
It is worth watching if you are interested in a dramatic feature film depicting personal and corporate conflict during the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Binge duration?
Tokyo Shaking is a feature film with a total runtime of one hour and forty-five minutes.
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Tokyo Shaking is a standalone feature film rather than a television series with episodes.
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