Virus (1980 film)
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Japanese language poster
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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Produced by | Haruki Kadokawa |
| Screenplay by | Kinji Fukasaku Kōji Takada Gregory Knapp |
| Based on |
Virus by Sakyo Komatsu |
| Starring |
Masao Kusakari Sonny Chiba Glenn Ford Chuck Connors |
| Music by |
Kentaro Haneda Janis Ian Teo Macero |
| Cinematography | Daisaku Kimura |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time
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156 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | English Japanese |
| Budget |
¥ 3,351,000,000 (approx. at 1980s rates) $16 million |
Virus (復活の日 Fukkatsu no hi?) (literal translation: Day of Resurrection) is a 1980 Japanese post-apocalyptic Science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, based on Sakyo Komatsu's eponymous 1964 novel in which the English version was printed in 2012. The film stars Masao Kusakari,Sonny Chiba,George Kennedy,Robert Vaughn,Chuck Connors,Olivia Hussey,Edward James Olmos,Glenn Ford, and Henry Silva and is notable for being the most expensive Japanese film ever made at the time.
In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans. It is revealed that MM88 is a deadly virus, created accidentally by an American geneticist, that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with. The Americans recover the MM88, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is released, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".
Within seven months, virtually all the world's population has died off. However, the virus is inactive at temperatures below -10 degrees Celsius, and the polar winter has spared the 855 men and eight women stationed in Antarctica. The British nuclear submarine HMS Nereid joins the scientists after sinking a Soviet submarine whose infected crew attempts to make landfall near Palmer Station.
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