another end of the world film that beg comparison to the abysmal day after tomorrow . follow the same sort of structure a dat but with a distinctly japanese style . how do it fare . that depend on your taste for japanese melodrama . i find that the small human touch to be what make this film compel for most of it 2 plus hour . also the frequent title card explain some of the science . the effect be probably the best i have see in a japanese film and they compare very well to anything out of hollywood . many of the disaster scene be truly horrify even though the human carnage be usually off screen . and that be one of the drawback . while the terror of thousand of on screen death like in the recent war of the world might have too overwhelming and we also do not really get a sense of the chaos of an entire nation crumble into the ocean . a few scene touch on the chaos but for the most part this part of the story be barely touch on . regardless and this film work on a lot of level and be way more realistic then dat and that be until the end . unfortunately the story hinge itself on one clichéd plot device and another plot device that would be at home in the 1960 japanese earth in peril film gorath . after the reasonably good science and mostly realistic take on the disaster and this make for a bit of disappointment . the sudden stopping of the film for a pop love song doesn not help either ( unless you like the song ) . this make the exciting end a bit of a drag for me . the overall direction be good and the art design be excellent . acting be all good a well . recommend .