Shinji Higuchi's NIHON CHINBOTSU, w/ Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Mayuko Fukuda, Hideko Yoshida, Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Kôji Ishizaka, Etsushi Toyokawa, & Mao Daichi

A second downloadable teaser trailer for Shinji Higuchi's Nihon chinbotsu has been added to the official website for the movie.

As was previously reported here on Twitch, the screenplay for Nihon chinbotsu was written by Masato Katô, based on the science-fiction books Nippon chinbotsu (ue) and Nippon chinbotsu (shita) by Sakyô Komatsu. (Shirô Moritani's 1973 classic Submersion of Japan (Nippon chinbotsu) was likewise based on those books.) The movie's principal cast is as follows (listed order corresponds to website order): Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki (a.k.a. Kô Shibasaki), Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Mayuko Fukuda, Hideko Yoshida, Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Kôji Ishizaka, Etsushi Toyokawa, and Mao Daichi.

Toho Co. Ltd. (Tôhô K.K.) is scheduled to release Nihon chinbotsu theatrically in Japan on July 15th.

Nihon chinbotsu teaser trailer #2 (downloadable 13.6 MB MOV file)
Nihon chinbotsu teaser trailer #1 (downloadable 8.4 MB MOV file)
Nihon chinbotsu 15 sec. TV spot (downloadable 1.7 MB MOV file)
Nihon chinbotsu 05 sec. TV spot (downloadable 590 KB MOV file)
Nihon chinbotsu official website