Virus
Virus, known in Japan as , is a 1980 Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1964 novel of the same name, the film stars an international ensemble cast featuring Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Glenn Ford, and Henry Silva.
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".
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| author | David Koepp Kinji Fukasaku Robert Towne Sakyo Komatsu |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | United States of America |
| director | Kinji Fukasaku |
| editor | Akira Suzuki |
| events | epidemic |
| genre | science fiction thriller |
| keywords | atomic bomb automated reaction system (ars) begin celsius create dead hand doomsday device earthquake east german end geneticist german democratic republic icebreaker infect new home nuclear arsenal nuclear submarine palmer station pandemic their own version tierra del fuego virus wash |
| musicBy | Teo Macero |
| producer | Haruki Kadokawa |
| publisher | Toho |
| recordedAt | Nova Scotia |
| theme | disaster japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction thriller submarine the future war |