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Virus is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Kinji Fukasaku with Sonny Chiba
Virus (1980)
(Fukkatsu no hi)
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Add to a movie listLength 2h36
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
OriginJapon
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Rating62%
Virus (復活の日 Fukkatsu no hi) — literally "Day of Resurrection" — is a 1980 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku and based on a 1964 novel written by Sakyo Komatsu. It starred Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Ken Ogata, Glenn Ford and Henry Silva. The film is notable for being the most expensive Japanese film ever made at the time.
Synopsis
In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans. It is revealed that MM88 is a deadly virus, created accidentally by an American geneticist, that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with. The Americans recover the MM88, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is released, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".Actors
Sonny Chiba
(Dr. Yamauchi)
Bo Svenson
(Major Carter)
Glenn Ford
(President Richardson)
George Kennedy
(Admiral Conway)
Masao Kusakari
(Doctor Shûzô Yoshizumi)
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