VIRUS

☆ ☆ WEEKLY FEATURE MOVIE ☆ ☆
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( note: Timber apology - I originally had this miss labeled as " the last man on earth 2021 , sorry my bad [ next week] thus incorrect cover photo).
1980
Plot
In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans involving a substance known as MM88. 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 virus sample, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is accidentally released after the plane transporting it crashes, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".
Original title - 復活の日
Directed by - Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay by - Koji Takada, Gregory Knapp, Kinji Fukasaku
Based on - Fukkatsu no hi
by Sakyo Komatsu
Produced by - Haruki Kadokawa
Starring - Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn Olivia Hussey, Glenn Ford, Chuck Connors, Henry Silva
Cinematography - Daisaku Kimura
Edited by - Akira Suzuki
Music by - Kentarō Haneda
Production company - Haruki Kadokawa Office
Distributed by - Toho
Release date - 8 June 1980 (Japan)
Running time - 156 minutes
Country - Japan
Languages - English, Japanese, French, German
Budget - US $16 million
At the time of its release, the film was the most expensive Japanese film ever made.