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Whiteout
- synopsis
It
was an ordinary rescue mission for dam controller Togashi Teruo
(Yuji Oda) and his colleague Yoshioka Kazushi as they set out to
assist a few climbers who met an unexpected blizzard near the Okutowa
Dam. Unfortunately, Yoshioka was injured while helping the others
and Togashi had no choice but to seek help alone. Things got worst
when WHITEOUT - a meteorological phenomenon appeared and Togashi
lost his best friend forever.
Meanwhile,
with the most advanced technology, Utsuki Hirotaka (Koichi Sato)
and his group of terrorists blow up the only main road to Okutowa
Dam, the largest dam in Japan. They take over the dam along with
the workers as hostages. They demanded JPY$5 billion from the government
with a 24 hours deadline. To let the government know that they meant
business, they decided to kill the hostages one by one unless they
hear a definite answer from the highest government official. Among
the hostage is Hirakawa Chiaki (Nanako Matsushima), Yoshiokas
fiancée whom Togashi promised his best friend to take good
care of if anything bad should happen to him.
To
make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can
get in or out from the dam. Either the government pays the ransom
or the dam will blow up along with the 200,000 residents living
close to it. Fortunately, Togashi was not captured by the terrorists
and he is now on his own to fight the well-equipped terrorists and
to rescue both Hirakawa and the Okutowa Dam alone.
Distribution
Company: Golden Scene Company Limited
Release
Date: September
28, 2000
Running
Time:
~129
minutes
Category:
IIB
Cinemas:
UA
Times Square,
UA Whampoa,
UA Telford,
UA Shatin,
Broadway
Mongkok,
Broadway Tsuen Wan,
Broadway
Kwai Fong,
Broadway Kingswood Ginza,
Broadway
Cinematheque,
AMC Festival Walk 11,
GV Mongkok
Websites:
www.goldenscene.com
www.whiteout-movie.com
www.okutowa-dam.com
Contact
Person: Melody
Tang @ 2265-9999
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In
less than 11 days, WHITEOUT already accomplished the following records
Japans
domestic box office over JPY$ 1.3 billion (~HK$ 96 million).
This
years highest-grossing film in Japan.
Over
1 million 26 thousands people saw the film.
The
highest box-office for 2nd consecutive week.
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