Virus: The End

Original title: Fukkatsu no hi

19801980
PGPG
1h 48min

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Adventure Drama Horror

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
- Kinji Fukasaku
Writers
- Kôji Takada(screenplay)
- Kinji Fukasaku(screenplay)
- Gregory Knapp(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

George Kennedy in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

George Kennedy and Robert Vaughn in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

George Kennedy, Edward James Olmos, Bo Svenson, Chuck Connors, Jon Granik, David Hovan, and Chris Wiggins in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Henry Silva in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Yumi Takigawa in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Jan Muszynski in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Glenn Ford and Robert Vaughn in Fukkatsu no hi (1980)

Dr. Shûzô Yoshizumias Dr. Shûzô Yoshizumi

Tsunehiko Watase

Yasuo Tatsunoas Yasuo Tatsuno

Cmdr. Nakanishias Cmdr. Nakanishi

Shin'ichi Chiba

Dr. Yamauchias Dr. Yamauchi

Ryûji Sanazawaas Ryûji Sanazawa

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Akimasa Matsuoas Akimasa Matsuo

Haruki Kadokawa

Team Member - Showa Stationas Team Member - Showa Station

Tadashi Takatsuki

Team Member - Showa Stationas Team Member - Showa Station
(as Chû Takatsuki)

Takeshige Hatanaka

Team Member - Showa Stationas Team Member - Showa Station

Team Member - Showa Stationas Team Member - Showa Station
(as Riki Gonoue)

Team Member - Showa Stationas Team Member - Showa Station

Adm. Conwayas Adm. Conway

Maj. Carteras Maj. Carter

Stephanie Faulkner

Sarah Bakeras Sarah Baker

Secretary - Palmer Stationas Secretary - Palmer Station

Danielle Schneider

Secretary - Palmer Stationas Secretary - Palmer Station

Laura Pennington

Secretary - Palmer Stationas Secretary - Palmer Station

Secretary - Palmer Stationas Secretary - Palmer Station

Director
- Kinji Fukasaku
Writers
- Kôji Takada(screenplay)
- Kinji Fukasaku(screenplay)
- Gregory Knapp(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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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. —P. Straatsma

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Taglines
- The entire world is a graveyard
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

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 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.

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.

Quotes
[last lines]
Yoshizumi: Life is wonderful.

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.

Alternate versions
As 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".

Connections
Featured in Vintage Video Minisodes: Day of Resurrection (2021)

Soundtracks
You Are Love (Toujours Gai Mon Cher)
Music by Teo Macero
Lyrics by Janis Ian
Performed by Janis Ian

Top review

8/10

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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Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 48min
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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