Nobuo Mizuta's disaster flick "252: Seizonsha Ari" (announced in February) let out its first preview during the film market at the currently running Cannes Film Festival.

Producers screened a 5-minute trailer of the movie, in which Tokyo faces a string of natural disasters that results in areas of the city being submerged. Buyers reportedly displayed high interest in the film, especially in the wake of recent disasters in Myanmar and China.

Hideaki Ito and Masaaki Uchino have already been announced as the movie's co-stars, but the trailer confirmed that Takayuki Yamada and Yu Kashii have also been cast.

"252" opens in Japan on December 6.