Parallel Tokyo
2019
📺 1 Season
🎬 4 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 JA
⏱️ 32 min/episode
Drama
An earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area is said to occur with a 70% probability within 30 years. Staged in a news center of a TV station where a huge amount of damage information and images are gathered.
Seasons
Season 1
Mika Kuraishi (26), an announcer of NNJ TV, has been in the station for the fourth year. He is a sub-caster in charge of the sports corner of the night news program. At 4:04 pm on December 2, 2019, there was a major earthquake of magnitude 7.3 with the epicenter in Tokyo. As the main caster was involved in the earthquake, Mika volunteered for news editor-in-chief Eguchi to "use herself." Mika tells the unprecedented damage at the news center of the turmoil. The relay crew was caught in a fire and died, and while being overwhelmed by numerous damage images, he managed to finish the broadcast on the first day, but he lost contact with his sister.
Cast
Crew
Director
Yoshi Ishizuka
Writer
Katsuo Naruse
Producer
Tomotsugu Senno
Network
NHK G, NHK
Production
NHK
Keywords
fireearthquakenatural disasterdisasterreportertokyo, japannews reportersocial media