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  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • AMC Theatres
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • AMC Theatres
  • 1 h 37 m

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 - fi...

Directed By: Stuart J. Levy

Written By: Ryôichi Wagô

  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • AMC Theatres
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2012
  • TV-PG
  • AMC Theatres
  • 1 h 37 m

Pray for Japan

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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 - fi...

Directed By: Stuart J. Levy

Written By: Ryôichi Wagô

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Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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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.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 19, 2012
The movie is less than incisive, but it's utterly well-meaning.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pray for Japan Film, Studio Artland, Studio DEEN
Release Date Mar 16, 2012
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating TV-PG
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Website http://www.facebook.com/prayforjapanfilm
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