Pandemic (2009)

Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, a doctor at a Tokyo hospital, misdiagnoses a patient's disease as a common cold. But after the patient's sudden death, he realizes that it's very serious disease, which ... See full summary »

Director:

Takahisa Zeze

Writers:

Takahisa Zeze (screenplay), Takashi Hirano (story)

Stars:

Satoshi Tsumabuki, Rei Dan, Ryôko Kuninaka

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Satoshi Tsumabuki	...	Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
Rei Dan	...	Eiko Kobayashi
Ryôko Kuninaka	...	Takako Mita
Yûji Tanaka	...	Eisuke Mita
Chizuru Ikewaki	...	Mami Manabe
Takanori Takeyama	...	Kôsuke Suzuki (as Kanningu Takeyama)
Ken Mitsuishi	...	Shôsuke Kamikura
Midoriko Kimura	...	Miwa Ikehata
Kyûsaku Shimada	...	Shûji Tachibana
Akio Kaneda	...	Ryôzô Takayama
Bokuzô Masana	...	Michikusa Tamura
Dante Carver	...	Klaus David (as Dante Kâvâ)
Ayaka Komatsu	...	Kyôko Kashimura
Akifumi Miura	...	Mikio Komori
Natsuo	...	Akane Kamikura

Storyline

Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, a doctor at a Tokyo hospital, misdiagnoses a patient's disease as a common cold. But after the patient's sudden death, he realizes that it's very serious disease, which can make a population extinct, so he struggles to find out the cause of the disease with doctor Eiko Kobayashi.

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Plot Keywords:

pandemic | world health organization | virus | suspense | scene during end credits | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Yume no tsubomi
Written by Ryôta Fujimaki
Performed by Remioromen

User Reviews

duh...

raises a question of countries not being equipped, says the other reviewer? basic biology should teach us this... and that every breath is a miracle. it will never cease to amaze me(although it is unDOUBTedly one of the more clever mind mechanisms to prevent us from going crazy thinking about this sort of stuff aaaaaaaalllllllllllllll the time) that people don't realize how easily something such as an aids virus might mutate so that it can be spread through the air by droplet nuclei(a sneeze)... which just goes to prove that some education CAN be a dangerous thing. ;-) we're always just 'this/that close' to being wiped out en masse... maybe it's the ace up nature's sleeve just in case we get TOO destructive. although, re:me, it should've happened alREADY then... but please don't mistake this for a death wish on my part. too many good movies yet to be made...

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

17 January 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Pandemic

Filming Locations:

Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$20,712,567

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Toho Company, Dentsu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1