
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened
2011, English. Directed by Callum Macrae & Simon Ludgate & Stefanie Kern.
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.
- Runtime
- 0h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Callum MacraeDirector
- Simon LudgateDirector
- Stefanie KernDirector
- Mark StrongSelf - Narrator
- Roger BilhamSelf - Seismologist, University of Colorado
- Simon BoxallSelf - National Oceanography Center, Southampton
- Gerard FryerSelf - Geophysicist, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
- Chris GoldfingerSelf - Marine Geologist, Oregon State University
- Tom JordanSelf - Director, Southern California Earthquake Center
- Callum MacraeSelf - Journalist & Filmaker
- Charles McCreerySelf - Director, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
- Bill McGuireSelf
- Costas Emmanuel SynolakisSelf - Coastal Engineer, University of Southern California
- Jim WalshSelf - MIT Security Studies Program
Details
- Released
- 16 July 2011
- Written by
- Richard Burke-Ward, Robert Strange
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Who directed Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened?
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened (2011) was directed by Callum Macrae and Simon Ludgate and Stefanie Kern and stars Mark Strong, Roger Bilham, Simon Boxall.