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| Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
| Written by | Sakyo Komatsu (novel) Kôji Takada,Gregory Knapp,Kinji Fukasaku (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Haruki Kadokawa |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Sonny Chiba Chuck Connors |
| Cinematography | Daisaku Kimura |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Music by | Kentaro Haneda Janis Ian Teo Macero |
| Release date | 1980 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 155 min. |
| Languages | English Japanese |
Fukkatsu no hi (or Virus or Day of Resurrection in English) is a 1980 post apocalyptic sci-fi movie starring Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford. The film is notable for being the most expensive Japanese film ever made at the time.
Plot
The movie opens with a shady transfer happening between a corrupt scientist and a group of Russian soldiers. The Russians acquire MM88, a deadly virus that magnifies the potency of any other virus or bacteria it comes in contact with. The Russians crash their plane and the virus is released creating a world wide epidemic. After several months the entire population is exterminated except for 863 scientists doing research at the South Pole. The virus becomes in active at -10 degrees centigrade sparing the 855 men and eight women. However, just as the group begins to repopulate the human race it is revealed an earthquake will set off the United States nuclear arsenal. After the weapons are fired Russian counter measures will automatically deploy. Unfortunately for the survivors a nuclear weapon is aimed at the Antarctica research base. Sonny Chiba and Captain McCloud (Chuck Connors} embark on a mission to disarm the weapons before the earthquake strikes. They are however too late and all but a few men and the women perish in the blast. Over the course of years Chiba's character walks back to Antarctica. Upon reaching the Andes he has a chance encounter with the remaining survivors.
Trivia
- The international version of the film was cut by more than 40 minutes leaving out the love story and the trek back to Antarctica.
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