Synopsis
THE DAYS, Season 1 — eight-episode Japanese drama to watch online on iFILM — re-creates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster as it unfolded across one desperate week in March 2011.
The series moves in near real time. A fifteen-metre tsunami knocks out the plant's cooling systems. Station Manager Yoshida makes calls his own headquarters won't authorise — venting containment, switching to seawater cooling — while workers on-site ask whether they can evacuate. The government tells the public to stay calm and stay home. Each episode adds pressure from a different direction: corporate bureaucracy, political calculation, rising radiation, the human cost of every hour of delay.
By the final episode the Prime Minister is briefed on the worst-case scenario: a third of Japan, Tokyo included, uninhabitable for decades. THE DAYS works as a bureaucratic thriller more than a disaster film — the invisible threat is almost beside the point next to the visible one. Kōji Yakusho carries all eight episodes with a performance built on controlled dread. Stream THE DAYS Season 1 online on iFILM.
8 episodes
S1·E1The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Is Submerged
March 11, 2011; 225 kilometers from Tokyo, a 15 meter high tsunami hits the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, damaging one of the cooling systems.
S1·E2No Need to Evacuate
While still unable to get an assessment of the situation from Fukushima Daiichi, the government tells the public to stay calm and remain in their homes.
S1·E3Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal
Pressure in the containment vessel starts to rapidly rise. With a catastrophic explosion imminent, TOEPCO suggests releasing the gas into the atmosphere.
S1·E4It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima
With the power still down, the valves will have to be opened manually. With heavy hearts, some workers ask if they can evacuate to a safer location.
S1·E5Our Company Has Lost Its Mind
Station Manager Yoshida decides to use seawater as a cooling source, but TOEPCO headquarters tells him to wait for authorization from the administration.
S1·E6I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive
When pressure in the containment vessel finally starts to decrease, TOEPCO headquarters want on-site workers to get back to work, but Yoshida is wary.
S1·E7Decide the Conditions for Evacuation
As the administration and TOEPCO headquarters grow increasingly impatient, Station Manager Yoshida asks for permission to evacuate some on-site workers.
S1·E8A Scenario of Japan's Collapse
The Prime Minister is informed that in a worst case scenario, a third of the country — including the Tokyo area — will become uninhabitable for decades.
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