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Dramas, Fukushima, Fukushima: 1. Tsunami

Dramas

Fukushima

Fukushima: 1. Tsunami

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May 15, 2023

27 minutes

Available for over a year

Japan’s nuclear plant is hit as an immense wave surges past defences and floods reactors. It’s a desperate fight to contain a disaster. A drama about the events of March 2011.

Cast:

Suto: Togo Igawa

Akiko: Ami Okumura Jones

Yoshida: Eiji Mihara

Saito: Sadao Ueda

Ito: Matt McCooey

Shimada: Akira Koieyama

Narrator: Romola Garai

Reporter: Kevin Shen

Reporter: Naoko Mori

Worker: Nino Furuhata

Fukushima is written by Adrian Penketh

Sound design is by Peter Ringrose

Produced by Toby Swift and Sasha Yevtushenko

Commissioned by Simon Pitts for BBC World Service

Audio for this episode was updated on 4 October 2023.