Tokyo Shaking (2021) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2021 · 105 mins · French

Directed by

Olivier Peyon

Starring

Karin Viard, Stéphane Bak, Philippe Uchan, Jean François Cayrey, Valérie Baurens, Charlie Dupont

Budget

$4.8M

On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by a massive tsunami, leading to the Fukushima disaster. A foreign community in Tokyo lives in fear as the scale of the crisis is underestimated. Alexandra, a French executive recently transferred from Hong Kong to work at a bank, finds herself grappling with the nuclear emergency. She struggles to balance her professional obligations with the desire to return to her husband and children in Hong Kong, ultimately finding the strength to act amidst the pervasive terror and chaos.