Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened

Jul 16, 2011

0h 47m

★ 6.0

Overview

An investigation by Professor of Geological Sciences, Roger Bilham, of the science behind the earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Pioneer Productions

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Cast

Self - Narrator

Mark Strong

Self - Seismologist, University of Colorado

Roger Bilham

Self - National Oceanography Center, Southampton

Simon Boxall

Self - Geophysicist, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Gerard Fryer

Self - Marine Geologist, Oregon State University

Chris Goldfinger

Self - Director, Southern California Earthquake Center

Tom Jordan

Self - Journalist & Filmaker

Callum Macrae

Self - Director, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Charles McCreery

Self

Bill McGuire

Self - Coastal Engineer, University of Southern California

Costas Emmanuel Synolakis

Self - MIT Security Studies Program

Jim Walsh

There's no definitive separation as long as there is memory'. Since the Tsunami hit the northern part of Japan's coast in 2011, more than 20 thousand people lost their lives, and many others are still missing. As time went by the families of the victims abandoned all hope and stopped looking for their loved ones. However, this is the story of two men that are still fully committed to their respective searching activities. Even though their backgrounds are extremely different, both share a strong force of will and firmly wish to keep alive the memories of the ones that went missing. Perseverance is what pushed an ex-convict to look for redemption by helping the victims' families to find the remains of their loved ones, and perseverance is what brought a bus driver to start to dive in order to search for his wife.

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