One man. A frozen fortress. And 24 hours to crack a dam impossible.
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Practical Effects
Actual dam locations and practical snow effects—no green screens spared.
Acting
Yuji Oda sells every implausible engineering hero moment with straight-faced commitment.
Director
Setsuro Wakamatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed at the actual Tokuyama Dam in Ibigawa; temperatures hit -15°C, causing multiple equipment failures that made it into the final cut.
Released during Japan's 'Y2K panic' wave, it rode anxiety about infrastructure vulnerability—making its mediocre box office a cultural footnote of calmer-than-expected times.
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