The Days (Japanese TV series)

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The Days
Genre Drama
Based on On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi
by Ryusho Kadota
Directed by Masaki Nishiura & Hideo Nakata
Starring Koji Yakusho
Country of origin Japan
Original language(s) Japanese
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) Hiroyuki Ikeda
Shinichi Takahashi
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  • Jun Masumoto
  • Daisuke Sekiguchi
  • Tomoki Masuko
  • Ryohei Takada
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Warner Bros.
Lyonesse
Release
Original network Netflix
External links
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The Days is a Japanese drama series streaming on Netflix with all 8 episodes released on June 1, 2023. [1]

Premise

The series follows Japanese government officials, Tokyo Electric Power Company employees and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant employees in Okuma, Japan in the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The massive waves and structural damage cause damage to the Nuclear Power Plant leading to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The series explores the series of events in the immediate aftermath, where some consider the people involved to be heroes who prevented a much larger nuclear disaster, while others blame them for not preventing the disaster that occurred.

Cast

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original release date [2]
1 "The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is Submerged" Hideo Nakata Ryûshô Kadota June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
2 "No Need to Evacuate" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
3 "Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
4 "It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
5 "Our Company Has Lost Its Mind" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
6 "I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
7 "Decide the Conditions for Evacuation" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)
8 "A Scenario of Japan's Collapse" TBA TBA June 1, 2023 (2023-06-01)

Production

In September 2022, Netflix announced its new series The Days would be developed, written, and produced by Jun Masumoto and directed by Masaki Nishiura and Hideo Nakata.[3] Masumoto cites three specific publications as primary sources for the creation of the series: The Yoshida Testimony, which is the station manager Masao Yoshida’s first-hand account of events; the official Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report; and journalist Ryusho Kadota’s bestselling book - On the Brink: The Inside Story of Fukushima Daiichi, for which he interviewed more than 90 people who responded to the accident.[4]

Filming

The series was filmed in Japan, in the region where the actual disaster took place, the Fukushima prefecture in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Filming began in June of 2021 and was completed in October 2021.[5]

Casting

The first cast member announced was Kôji Yakusho, set to lead the series as Masao Yoshida the real life plant manager at Fukushima.[6]

References

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