List of episodes of the series «THE DAYS»

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Is Submerged

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 48 min.
• Episode description:
  March 11, 2011; 225 kilometers from Tokyo, a 15 meter high tsunami hits the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, damaging one of the cooling systems.

No Need to Evacuate

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 53 min.
• Episode description:
  While still unable to get an assessment of the situation from Fukushima Daiichi, the government tells the public to stay calm and remain in their homes.

Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 57 min.
• Episode description:
  Pressure in the containment vessel starts to rapidly rise. With a catastrophic explosion imminent, TOEPCO suggests releasing the gas into the atmosphere.

It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 56 min.
• Episode description:
  With the power still down, the valves will have to be opened manually. With heavy hearts, some workers ask if they can evacuate to a safer location.

Our Company Has Lost Its Mind

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 47 min.
• Episode description:
  Station Manager Yoshida decides to use seawater as a cooling source, but TOEPCO headquarters tells him to wait for authorization from the administration.

I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 53 min.
• Episode description:
  When pressure in the containment vessel finally starts to decrease, TOEPCO headquarters want on-site workers to get back to work, but Yoshida is wary.

Decide the Conditions for Evacuation

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 55 min.
• Episode description:
  As the administration and TOEPCO headquarters grow increasingly impatient, Station Manager Yoshida asks for permission to evacuate some on-site workers.

A Scenario of Japan's Collapse

• User score: 7.5
• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 66 min.
• Episode description:
  The Prime Minister is informed that in a worst case scenario, a third of the country — including the Tokyo area — will become uninhabitable for decades.