A new dark drama has been released on Netflix, telling the story of a nuclear disaster in Japan.
The Days explores the catastrophe in Japan from three different points of view; those who put their lives in danger, the government’s and corporate organisations’. The synopsis for the eight-part series read: “Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat – an unprecedented nuclear disaster.”
The show is based on a true story from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster which happened on March 11, 2011. It was caused by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu which shifted the earth off its axis due to its force.
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Residents had just 10 minutes warning before the tsunami hit the coast. Overall almost half-a-million people were forced to leave their homes as a result of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident as radiation leaked into the atmosphere.
Increased levels of radiation were detected in some local food and water supplies, prompting officials to issue warnings about their consumption. The Fukushima Disaster is classified as a level seven event by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the highest such event and only the second disaster to meet this classification after Chernobyl.
The nuclear plant wasn't declared stable until mid-December that same year. Twelve years on, Japanese authorities continue to maintain some exclusion zones around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility.
The Netflix series is developed and produced by Code Blue's Jun Masumoto and directed by Masaki Nishiura and Hideo Nakata. The Days stars Yakusho Koji who plays a character modelled after Masao Yoshida, the plant manager at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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