After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.
- Director
- Writers
- Kôji Takada(screenplay)
- Kinji Fukasaku(screenplay)
- Gregory Knapp(screenplay)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Kôji Takada(screenplay)
- Kinji Fukasaku(screenplay)
- Gregory Knapp(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
Isao Natsuyagi
- Cmdr. Nakanishi
- (as Isao Natsuki)
Shin'ichi Chiba
- Dr. Yamauchi
- (as Sonny Chiba)
Tadashi Takatsuki
- Team Member - Showa Station
- (as Chû Takatsuki)
Chikara Gonoue
- Team Member - Showa Station
- (as Riki Gonoue)
- Director
- Writers
- Kôji Takada(screenplay)
- Kinji Fukasaku(screenplay)
- Gregory Knapp(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHaruki 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 ensure its success by casting some U.S. stars and doing major international promotion (under the international title "Virus"). However, the film was a major flop. Although it may have had some special showings in the U.S., it did not receive a general release. It was sold directly to pay television in an edited one hundred eight-minute version.
- GoofsThe 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
President Richardson: [watching the sun set, for what he suspects will be his last time] I wanted my name to be entered into the history books, but I wanted it to be for something meaningful, something lasting. What could I have done that would have made the slightest damn bit of difference... wha... what could I have done?
- Crazy creditsThe 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.
- Alternate versionsAs of 2006, the full 155-minute version of this film is officially available on DVD in the United States. BCI Eclipse released the full Japanese version in anamorphic widescreen as part of their Sonny Chiba Action Pack, which also includes the films Golgo 13 and Bullet Train (which are also featured in anamorphic widescreen transfers). This release keeps an original Japanese title card and the Kadokawa logo before the film begins, which is something that the deluxe Japanese DVD set deletes (albeit, it is an inconsequential deletion). The BCI Eclipse release is not the butchered 108-minute cut. It is labeled on the box as the "Uncut International Version".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Vintage Video Minisodes: Day of Resurrection (2021)
Review
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The version to watch is the long uncut version
I just purchased a used copy of the Sonny Chilba Action Pack which includes the uncut Japanese 156m version of the film. By far the best transfer of the film to a media that I have seen thus far. This version is extremely better than the edited US version. Every bit worth the money spent to acquire it. Looks like it is presented in 1:1.85 aspect and not grainy. The cut Japanese scenes bring a better viewing experience to fans of this film like me. There are English subtitles where needed. The scene that prompted me to post this on here was a scene where the Japanese Antarctic team get a radio signal from a 5 year old American child unable to operate a radio correctly. VIRUS is one of my favorite movies about the end of the world.
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- pafcrazy2003
- Jun 17, 2016
Details
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- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 36 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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