Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Director:

Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kôji Takada (screenplay) &
Kinji Fukasaku (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 June 1980 (Japan)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The entire world is a graveyard

Plot:

A military-engineered virus, released during a plane crash, kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica...

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Antarctica | University Of Maryland | End Of Civilization | Civilization

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Masao Kusakari	...	Doctor Shûzô Yoshizumi
Tsunehiko Watase	...	Yasuo Tatsuno
Isao Natsuyagi	...	Commander Nakanishi (as Isao Natsuki)
Sonny Chiba	...	Doctor Yamauchi (as Shin'ici Chiba)
Kensaku Morita	...	Ryûji Sanazawa
Toshiyuki Nagashima	...	Akimasa Matsuo
Haruki Kadokawa	...	Team Member - Showa Station
Chû Takatsuki	...	Team Member - Showa Station
Takeshige Hatanaka	...	Team Member - Showa Station
Riki Gonoue	...	Team Member - Showa Station
Eiji Yuki	...	Team Member - Showa Station
George Kennedy	...	Admiral Conway
Bo Svenson	...	Major Carter
Stephanie Faulkner	...	Sarah Baker
Julie Khaner	...	Secretary - Palmer Station

Also Known As:

Day of Resurrection (USA)
The End (USA) (video title)
Virus (Japan: English title)

Runtime:

156 min | USA:108 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English | French | German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:PG | Norway:16 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp | West Germany:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2004)

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Haruki Kadokawa Films

Trivia:

Haruki Kadokawa was the heir to a major publishing empire. He entered the film business in the mid-1970s with some high profile features. This was to be his big breakthrough in the international market. He tried to insure its success by casting some U.S. stars and doing major international promotion (under the international title "Virus"). It became a major failure. Although it may have had some special showings in the United States, it did not receive a general release. It was sold directly to pay-tv in an edited 108 minute version.

Goofs:

Plot holes: 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.

Quotes:

Dr. Krause: Unless a way is found to neutralize this monster, we are left with a doomsday weapon
Spy Z: Which means a weapon that would never be used
Dr. Krause: By a rational man, but any student of history can tell you that a rational mind is not always a prerequisite to a position of power

Movie Connections:

References Earthquake (1974)

Soundtrack:

You Are Love (Toujours Gai Mon Cher)

Probably the greatest disaster movie of all time!

Excellent movie! I was fortunate enough to have seen this one of a kind film twice when it was shown in a Japanese TV station a year ago. I didn't seem to care at first because it was in Japanese and I don't understand it, but somehow I didn't turn the channel cause the film suddenly showed me these actors like Robert Vaughn in the White House. It seemed peculiar, and the movie looked very apocalyptic, like something really awful is going to happen. Riots and people suddenly dying.

This movie is awesome, one of a kind, artistic, just so in many great ways to describe it. Be warned though the UK version of Fukkatso No Hi aka Virus, aka Day of Resurrection, aka The End, is cut severely to meet western standards so avoid that version. Japanese version is the best. This movie is amazing, nothing like it.