Deathquake (1980) - Credits and Details

Deathquake Credits and Details

Directed by
	Kenjirô Ohmori
Written by
	Kaneto Shindô
Cast
	Hiroshi Katsuno	...	Yoichi Kawazu
	Toshiyuki Nagashima	...	Masayuki Hashizume (reporter)
	Yumi Takigawa	...	Tomiko Ashida (earthquake research institute employee)
	Kayo Matsuo	...	Yûko Kawazu (Yôichi's wife)
	Chiaki Matsubara	...	Kazue Umejima (camerawoman)
	Hideji Ôtaki
	Eiji Okada
	Kei Satô	...	Chief Cabinet Secretary
	Tatsuo Matsumura	...	Kôzô Ashida (Tomiko's father)
	Shin Saburi
	Norihei Miki
	Sachiko Murase	...	Fusae Kawazu (Yûko's mother)
	Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Director General of Meteorological Agency
	Yûsuke Takita	...	Middle-Aged Salaryman
	Toshie Kobayashi	...	Middle-Aged Woman
	Toshitaka Itô	...	Subway Operator
	Yoshio Inaba	...	Commissioner of the Land Agency
	Kazuo Katô	...	Professor Ichinoe (Earthquake Prediction Council)
	Torahiko Hamada	...	Professor Shimura (Earthquake Prediction Council)
	Kôjirô Kusanagi	...	Meteorological Agency Observation Department Official
	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	...	Hayashi (Meteorological Agency - Earthquake Section Manager)
	Gen'ya Nagai	...	Subway Passenger
	Jun'ichi Hayakawa	...	Professor Itô (Earthquake Prediction Council)
	Taiji Kodama
	Kentarô Kaji	...	Prime Secretary
	Shirô Kimura	...	Yôichi's Assistant
	Kôzô Murao
	Yôji Matsuda	...	Ryûichi Kawazu (Yôichi's son)
	Ted Fisher
	Setsuko Kawaguchi
	Daigo Kusano	...	Angry man in flooded underground train
	Hal Linden	...	Narrator (English version), (voice)
	Francis Smith
	Mizuho Suzuki	...	SDF General
	William Willms
Produced by
	Hideyuki Takai	...	assistant producer
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
Original Music by
	Toshiaki Tsushima
Special Effects by
	Eiichi Asada	...	assistant special effects director
	Mitsuhiro Hasegawa	...	special effects
	Yasuyuki Inoue	...	special effects art director
	Teruyoshi Nakano	...	director of special effects
	Keisuke Shinodo	...	production manager of special effects
	Takeshi Yamamoto	...	special effects
Visual Effects by
	Takeshi Miyanishi	...	optical photography
	Masakuni Morimoto	...	special effects lighting
	Tadaaki Watanabe	...	optical effects

Additional Info
Premiere:	August 30, 1980
Theatrical Release:	February 05, 1982
DVD Release:	July 24, 2007
Country:
Distributor:	Videoasia
Websites:

Ratings
5.0 / 10

Alternate Titles
Earthquake 7.9
Jishin Rettô
Magnitude 7.9
Megaforce 7.9

Production Companies
Toho

Distributors
Shochiku Films of America (1982) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical)
MNTEX Entertainment (1990) (United States) (dubbed) (ep mode) (VHS)
Videoasia (2007) (United States) (on "Grindhouse Experience") (DVD)

Filming Locations
Tokyo, Japan

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