The definitive account of Japan’s struggle as it faced a nuclear catastrophe while still reeling from the devastation of an earthquake and tsunami.

COMING SOON

STORY 

On March 2011, Japan suffered its most powerful earthquake in a thousand years. A towering tsunami followed, breaching the Fukushima nuclear plant’s 10-metre-high seawalls—and triggering a crisis that threatened to become ten times worse than Chernobyl.

Fukushima is the definitive chronicle of this unprecedented disaster, released in time for the 15th anniversary. Epic, immersive and unflinching, the film blends raw testimony with breathtaking archive footage to plunge viewers into the heart of the catastrophe—documenting events as they unfolded, minute by minute.

With unprecedented access to the Fukushima 50—the engineers, technicians, soldiers and firefighters who donned radiation suits and entered darkened reactors to stabilise melting nuclear fuel—the film reveals the inside story of the courageous men who became Japan’s last line of defence. It also follows the experiences of survivors attempting to escape the devastation and nuclear fallout, alongside high-ranking government officials racing against time to contain the crisis.

An unforgettable yet redemptive story of survival, ingenuity and the fight to pull back from the brink, Fukushima is both a cautionary tale and a powerful testament to human resilience.

FILMMAKER

James Jones is an Emmy-winning British director who makes documentary films for international television and theatrical release. His documentaries tell extraordinary human stories from all over the world. The films combine journalistic rigor with a distinctive cinematic sensibility. James is a Russian speaker with a longstanding interest in Russia. He recently made the BAFTA and Cinema Eye-winning film Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes and ANTIDOTE premiered at Tribeca 2024. His series Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn aired on Apple TV last year.

Megumi Inman was born in Tokyo in 1986 and grew up in Japan and England. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and made several documentaries for TV stations such as the BBC, Channel 4, and NHK. The Organic Terrorist was her first feature-length documentary. She also works as a producer and recent credits include The Contestant and Atomic People.

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