Virus (1980)
Fukkatsu no hi (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 2h 36min
- Adventure, Drama
- 26 Jun 1980 (Japan)
- Movie
After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
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Awards:
- 2 wins & 5 nominations.
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Masao Kusakari | ... |
Dr. Shûzô Yoshizumi
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Tsunehiko Watase | ... |
Yasuo Tatsuno
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Isao Natsuyagi | ... |
Cmdr. Nakanishi
(as Isao Natsuki)
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Shin'ichi Chiba | ... |
Dr. Yamauchi
(as Sonny Chiba)
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Kensaku Morita | ... |
Ryûji Sanazawa
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Toshiyuki Nagashima | ... |
Akimasa Matsuo
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Haruki Kadokawa | ... |
Team Member - Showa Station
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Tadashi Takatsuki | ... |
Team Member - Showa Station
(as Chû Takatsuki)
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Takeshige Hatanaka | ... |
Team Member - Showa Station
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Chikara Gonoue | ... |
Team Member - Showa Station
(as Riki Gonoue)
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Eiji Yuki | ... |
Team Member - Showa Station
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George Kennedy | ... |
Adm. Conway
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Bo Svenson | ... |
Maj. Carter
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Stephanie Faulkner | ... |
Sarah Baker
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Julie Khaner | ... |
Secretary - Palmer Station
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Danielle Schneider | ... |
Secretary - Palmer Station
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Laura Pennington | ... |
Secretary - Palmer Station
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Diane Lasko | ... |
Secretary - Palmer Station
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Patricia Rego | ... |
Secretary - Palmer Station
(as Patto Regô)
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Nicholas Campbell | ... |
Radio Operator - Palmer Station
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Chris Wiggins | ... |
Dr. Borodinov
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John Evans | ... |
Capt. Nevsky
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Olivia Hussey | ... |
Marit
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Joan Beldam | ... |
Girl
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Edward James Olmos | ... |
Capt. Lopez
(as Edward J. Olmos)
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Cec Linder | ... |
Dr. Latour
(as Cecil Linder)
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Eve Crawford | ... |
Dr. Irma Ollich
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Jon Granik | ... |
Dr. Turowicz
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David Hovan | ... |
Maj. Giron
(as Ara Hovanessian)
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Ted Follows | ... |
Dr. Baines
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John Bayliss | ... |
Maj. King
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William Ross | ... |
Radio Operator 'Ahab' - Mawson Station
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Chuck Connors | ... |
Capt. McCloud - HMS Nereid
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Ken Camroux-Taylor | ... |
Lt. Jones - HMS Nereid
(as Ken Camroux)
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Matt Hawthorne | ... |
Navigator - HMS Nereid
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Gordon Thomson | ... |
Radio Operator - HMS Nereid
(as Gordon Thompson)
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John Rutter | ... |
Sailor #1 - HMS Nereid
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Alf Humphreys | ... |
Sailor #2 - HMS Nereid
(as Alfred Humphreys)
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Michael Tough | ... |
Young Sailor - HMS Nereid
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Jan Muszynski | ... |
Ens. Smirnov - Soviet Submarine T222
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Charles Northcote | ... |
Sonar Operator - Soviet Submarine T222
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Yumi Takigawa | ... |
Noriko Asami
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Mitsuko Oka | ... |
Yoshiko Tatsuno
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Yoshitaka Kase | ... |
Akira Tatsuno
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Ken Ogata | ... |
Prof. Tsuchiya
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Ichirô Kijima | ... |
Dr. Tadokoro
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Takashi Noguchi | ... |
Intern #1 - Tokyo
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Nenji Kobayashi | ... |
Intern #2 - Tokyo
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Tayori Hinatsu | ... |
Nurse - Tokyo
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Keiko Itô | ... |
Nurse - Tokyo
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Tomoko Igarashi | ... |
Nurse - Tokyo
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Sachiko Sato | ... |
Nurse - Tokyo
(as Sachiko Satô)
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Sanae Nakahara | ... |
Young Mother - Tokyo
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Yukiko Watanabe | ... |
Daughter - Tokyo
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Glenn Ford | ... |
President Richardson
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Robert Vaughn | ... |
Sen. Barkley
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Henry Silva | ... |
Gen. Garland
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Dan Kippy | ... |
Secretary of State Reid
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Larry Reynolds | ... |
Secretary of Defense Morrison
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David Gardner | ... |
Secretary of Health Watt
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William Binney | ... |
White House Aide Simmons
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George Touliatos | ... |
Col. Rankin
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Stuart Gillard | ... |
Dr. Ed Meyer
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Ron Hartmann | ... |
Dr. Rogers
(as Ron Hartman)
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Roger Periard | ... |
Orderly #1
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Stephen Lockwood | ... |
Orderly #2
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Charles D. George | ... |
Rankin's Driver
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Colin Fox | ... |
Spy Z
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Jefferson Mappin | ... |
Big Man
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Richard Ayres | ... |
Little Man
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Dick Grant | ... |
Pilot
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Tyler Miller | ... |
Cossack Boy
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Ken Pogue | ... |
Dr. Krause
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Martin Donlevy | ... |
Sentry - East Germany
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Jim Bearden | ... |
Military Police Officer - East Germany
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Vladimir Bondarenko | ... |
Military Policeman - East Germany
(as Wally Bondarenko)
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Henry Ramer | ... |
TV Narrator (voice)
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Marcello Krakoff | ... |
Toby Anderson (voice)
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John Corbett | ... |
Alvaro Espinoza (uncredited)
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Aurelio Egidi | ... |
UN Delegate (uncredited)
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Dennis Falt | ... |
Scientist (uncredited)
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Alberta Watson | ... |
Litha (uncredited)
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Directed by
Kinji Fukasaku |
Written by
Kôji Takada | ... | (screenplay) & |
Kinji Fukasaku | ... | (screenplay) & |
Gregory Knapp | ... | (screenplay) |
Sakyô Komatsu | ... | (novel) (as Sakyo Komatsu) |
Produced by
Alois Brummer | ... | distribution producer (uncredited) |
Ken Fujiyama | ... | associate producer |
Haruki Kadokawa | ... | producer |
Yutaka Okada | ... | producer |
Yoshiaki Tokutome | ... | assistant producer |
Takafumi Ôhashi | ... | producer (as Takashi Ôhashi) |
Music by
Kentarô Haneda | ... | (as Kentaro Haneda) |
Teo Macero | ... | (alternate score: international version) |
Cinematography by
Daisaku Kimura |
Editing by
Pieter Hubbard | ||
Akira Suzuki |
Editorial Department
Akimasa Kawashima | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Karen Hazzard | ||
Shin'ichi Nakada | ||
Masayoshi Omodaka | ||
Howard Ryshpan |
Art Direction by
Yoshinaga Yoko'o |
Makeup Department
Thomas Booth | ... | hair stylist (as Tom Booth) |
Kathleen Mifsud | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Katsumasa Amano | ... | production manager |
William R. Kowalchuk Jr. | ... | post-production supervisor |
Susan A. Lewis | ... | production manager |
Isao Nagaoka | ... | production manager |
Kosaku Wada | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ken Fujiyama | ... | assistant director (as Kenichiro Fujiyama) |
Jesse Nishihata | ... | second assistant director |
Anthony Robinow | ... | first assistant director (as J. Anthony Robinow) |
Junnosuke Takasu | ... | first assistant director |
Masaaki Tezuka | ... | assistant director |
Kazuo Yoshida | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Fernand Durand | ... | special props |
Jackie Field | ... | assistant set dresser |
Lindsey Goddard | ... | assistant art director (as Lindsay Goddard) |
Patricia Gruben | ... | set dresser |
Michael Lennick | ... | high-tech set designer and constructor |
Don Miloyevich | ... | property master |
Fumio Ogawa | ... | assistant art director |
Masumi Suzuki | ... | assistant art director |
Dawn Tanaka | ... | assistant property master |
John Deall | ... | props (uncredited) |
Alan Sharpe | ... | carpenter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Gary Alexander | ... | re-recording mixer / sound effects |
Kenichi Benitani | ... | sound mixer / sound recordist |
Don Minkler | ... | supervising sound re-recording mixer |
Minoru Nobuoka | ... | sound recordist |
Brian Richmond | ... | boom operator |
Allen L. Stone | ... | re-recording mixer |
Special Effects by
Peter Cresswell | ... | special effects makeup: The Gore Boys (as The Gore Boys) |
Marlene Graham | ... | special effects makeup: The Gore Boys (as The Gore Boys) |
Ichirô Higa | ... | special effects assistant director |
Warren Keillor | ... | pyrotechnician / special effects coordinator / special effects propmaker |
Gordon J. Smith | ... | special effects makeup: The Gore Boys (as The Gore Boys) |
David Neil Trifunovich | ... | special effects foreman / special effects set foreman (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Gregory Jein | ... | special miniature consultant |
Michael Minor | ... | matte painting / model designer: Sky Spy |
Nigel McGrath | ... | visual effects (uncredited) |
Robert Short | ... | miniature construction (uncredited) |
Stunts
Terry Martin | ... | stunt double (as Terî Mâtin) |
George P. Wilbur | ... | stunt double (as Jôji Wirubâ) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jim Crane | ... | key grip |
Bob Gallant | ... | gaffer |
Frieder Hocheim | ... | best boy (as Frieder Hochheim) |
Takashi Ikeda | ... | still photographer |
Shohei Iriguchi | ... | lighting technician |
Masahiro Kishimoto | ... | assistant camera |
Isao Koyama | ... | lighting technician |
Hideki Mochizuki | ... | gaffer |
Daniel Narduzzi | ... | assistant grip |
Toshieumi Nobusaka | ... | assistant camera |
Adam Swica | ... | electrician |
Tsutomu Takada | ... | assistant camera |
Casting Department
Arden R. Ryshpan | ... | casting assistant (as Arden Ryshpan) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kat Moyer | ... | costumer |
Arthur Rowsell | ... | wardrobe (as Arthur Rowselle) |
Minoru Yamada | ... | costumer |
Location Management
Jason Paikowsky | ... | unit location manager |
Music Department
Teo Macero | ... | music producer: international version |
Jack K. Tillar | ... | music editor: international version (as Jack Tillar) |
Marty Wereski | ... | music editor: international version |
Script and Continuity Department
Nancy Eagles | ... | script assistant |
Mikiko Koyama | ... | script clerk |
Transportation Department
Robert Bartman | ... | transportation manager |
Additional Crew
Toshiko Adilman | ... | director's interpreter |
Maya Koizumi | ... | interpreter |
Shizuko Kudama | ... | interpreter |
Glen McCloud | ... | production assistant |
Françoise McNeil | ... | production secretary |
John Roberts | ... | production assistant |
Howard Ryshpan | ... | Dialect coach |
Shunji Shimizu | ... | translator |
Kazumi Takeshita | ... | interpreter |
Molly Thatyan | ... | accountant |
Natsuko Toda | ... | translator |
John Wales | ... | interpreter |
Thanks
Eiichi Amamiya | ... | special thanks |
Charles F. Chaplin | ... | special thanks |
Toshio Nishimura | ... | special thanks |
Tsuyoshi Nishimura | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toho Company (1980) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Polimaj (1981) (France) (theatrical)
- AB Filmverleih (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Astral Films (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Boardwood Productions (1982) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Fram Film (1982) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Succéfilm AB (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Arcade Video (1982) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Home Box Office (HBO) (1982) (United States) (tv)
- Astral Video (1984) (Canada) (VHS)
- Media Home Entertainment (1984) (United States) (VHS)
- TF1 (1986) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Intervision Video (1987) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- VTC-Video (1984) (Finland) (VHS)
- Vision Video Selection (1987) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Hem Films/HemVideo Film (1985) (Sweden) (VHS)
- Video Treasures (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Videoscar (1988) (Poland) (VHS)
- Antenne 2 (A2) (1990) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- SBR Video (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Ace Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Edde Entertainment (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- HGV Video Productions (1992) (Canada) (VHS) (dubbed)
- Simitar Entertainment (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Timeless Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Alpha Video Distributors (1995) (United States) (VHS)
- Front Row Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
- Platinum Disc (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Miracle Pictures (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Quality Video (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Dixie Bell (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
- Boulevard Entertainment (2004) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Reel Media International (2004) (United States) (VHS)
- Hollywood Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Tango Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- BCI Eclipse I (2006) (United States) (DVD) (uncut)
- Reel Media International (2007) (United States)
- ACME-TV (2009) (World-wide) (DVD)
- Delta Music & Entertainment (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- SGL Entertainment (2016) (World-wide)
- 3GTG (2020) (World-wide)
- Films du 3 Mars, Les (1985) (Canada) (VHS) (Quebec)
- Internet Archive (2020) (World-wide) (video) (streaming)
- SBR (2000) (Canada) (VHS)
- WME Home Entertainment (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
Special Effects
- Coast Special Effects (special visual effects)
Other Companies
- Armada de Chile (special thanks)
- Canadian Armed Forces (special thanks)
- City of Halifax (special thanks)
- City of Toronto (special thanks)
- Far East Laboratories (processing)
- Film House (processing)
- Guttman & Pam (publicity) (international version)
- HMCS Okanagan (special thanks) (officers and crew)
- International Film Studio (construction)
- Japanese Embassy, Canada (special thanks)
- Japanese Society of Peru (special thanks)
- Marlow Pictures (production facilities)
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB) (special thanks)
- Neiman-Tillar Associates (sound post-production) (international version)
- Nikkatsu Studio (sound re-recording)
- PMC International (executive music production)
- Pacific Title (titles and opticals)
- Panavision (camera equipment provided by)
- Producers' Sound Service (sound re-recording)
- Scenic Productions (construction)
- Sony Canada (special thanks)
- The Kenwood Group (special thanks)
- University of Chile (special thanks)
- Zodiac Marine (rafts)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
A US military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills almost the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists and military personnel in Antarctica, who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the human population from further destruction. Written by P. Straatsma |
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Taglines | The entire world is a graveyard See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $16,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Kinji Fukasaku had hired an American company to do the special effects. When he saw the results he disapproved and stated that he could not use it because it looked too realistic. He would hire a Japanese company to do the work instead. The reason being was to focus on creating evocative and poetic images instead. See more » |
Goofs | The ARS (a device that launches many nuclear missiles in retaliation to a strike) is activated by one man pushing a few buttons. Devices that launch nuclear missiles are normally (and believably) portrayed as requiring launch codes, special keys and the authorization of at least two people. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Day of Resurrection (2021). See more » |
Soundtracks | You Are Love (Toujours Gai Mon Cher) See more » |
Crazy Credits | The Japanese version mixes English and Japanese writing during the opening credit sequence. The English-speaking actors' names are in English and the Japanese cast and crew members' names are in Japanese. See more » |
Quotes |
[last lines]
Yoshizumi: Life is wonderful. See more » |