Pray for Japan

Name: Pray for Japan
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: March 16, 2012
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 53

2012

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AMC Theatres | Release Date: March 16, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tohoku coastal region was destroyed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami that followed. Pray for Japan takes place in the devastated region of Ishinomaki, Miyagi – the largest coastal city in Tohoku with a population of over 160,000 people. Filmmaker Stu Levy – an American living in Japan -On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tohoku coastal region was destroyed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami that followed. Pray for Japan takes place in the devastated region of Ishinomaki, Miyagi – the largest coastal city in Tohoku with a population of over 160,000 people. Filmmaker Stu Levy – an American living in Japan - filmed the tsunami aftermath during his trips to Tohoku as a volunteer and over a period of 6 weeks, captured over 50 hours of footage. (AMC Theatres)… Expand

Director: Stuart J. Levy

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Ernest Hardy

Mar 13, 2012

Filmed over a period of six weeks and supplemented with animated music sequences and chilling news footage of the terrifying deluge, Pray is both an elegy and a love letter. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 16, 2012

If making a decent movie required only good intentions, then Pray for Japan would be off and running. As it is, though, this muddled collage of random impressions and personal histories, emerging from last year's destruction of the Tohoku coastline by the earthquake and tsunami, doesn't document a tragedy so much as repeat a mantra. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 19, 2012

It's hard not to be moved by the words of love, gratitude and resilience spoken by earthquake/tsunami survivors and volunteers in Pray for Japan. But well-meaning platitudes go only so far in this sincerely felt, raggedly structured compilation of footage. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Mar 19, 2012

The movie is less than incisive, but it's utterly well-meaning. Read full review

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