Whiteout (2000)
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
Genre: Action, Thriller
Runtime: 129 min
Release Date: August 19, 2000
Cast
- Yuji Oda - Teruo Togashi
- Nanako Matsushima - Chiaki Hirakawa
- Koichi Sato - Masahiko Utsuki
- Ken Ishiguro - Kazushi Yoshioka
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi - Yoshito Kasahara
- Katsuo Nakamura - Kaoru Okuda
- Mitsuru Hirata - Yoshimitsu Iwazaki
- Saishin Kudo - Shingo Tozuka
- Masato Furuoya - Kensuke Fujimaki
- Manabu Hamada
Screenplay
- Yuichi Shinpo (Novel)
- Yuichi Shinpo (Screenplay)
- Kenzaburô Iida (Screenplay)
- Yasuo Hasegawa (Screenplay)
- Yasushi Fukuda (Co-Writer)
Music: Keishin, Norihito Sumitomo
Cinematography: Hideo Yamamoto
Editing: Yoshifumi Fukazawa
Production: Nippon Herald Films, TOHO, Fuji Television Network, JVC, dentsu, Destiny, INP
Country: Japan
Language: Deutsch, 日本語, Español
Original Language: ja
Themes
Extreme Rescue Mission and Hostage Crisis
Keywords
based on novel or book, hostage, dam, terrorism, blizzard, terrorist group
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Whiteout about?
- A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists...
- Who directed Whiteout?
- Whiteout was directed by Setsurô Wakamatsu.
- Who stars in Whiteout?
- Whiteout stars Yuji Oda, Nanako Matsushima, Koichi Sato, Ken Ishiguro, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Katsuo Nakamura.
- How long is Whiteout?
- Whiteout has a runtime of 2h 9m (129 minutes).
- What genre is Whiteout?
- Whiteout is a Action, Thriller film.
- Where was Whiteout produced?
- Whiteout was produced in Japan.
- What are the themes of Whiteout?
- The themes of Whiteout include: Extreme Rescue Mission and Hostage Crisis.