Tokyo Blackout (首都消失, Shuto shōshitsu) (Disappearance of the Capital) is a 1987 Japanese science fiction film directed by Toshio Masuda.
[1] It is based on Sakyo Komatsu's novel Shuto shōshitsu[3] which won the 6th Nihon SF Taisho Award in 1985.
At 7:00 AM that day, a cloud with a 60-kilometer diameter radiates from the center of Tokyo, completely enveloping the city to a height of 1,500 meters.
Tamiya, a classmate of Asakura’s and editor-in-chief of Kitakyushu’s local newspaper Seibu Shimpo accompanies the investigation.
Tamiya, inspired by the seriousness of the situation, travels to the Kansai headquarters of A Shimbun and works to rebuild the Japanese government.
The basis for legal legitimacy is emergency evacuation under international law, with the premise that the Japanese government is out of touch, but still in existence.
Simultaneously, the cloud begins emitting powerful particle beams, damaging or destroying any aircraft or satellites passing above it.
An EP-3E reconnaissance aircraft is directly hit by a particle beam, destroying all electronic equipment and killing one crew member from radiation exposure.
The United States researches the cloud’s abilities for military purposes, while the Soviet Union detains a Japanese diplomat to increase external pressure on the country.