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Release Date:
August 3, 1974
Original Title:
ノストラダムスの大予言
Alternate Titles:
Catastrophe: 1999
El Fin del Mundo ¡Las Profecías de Nostradamus se Cumplen!
Fin Du Monde Nostradamus
Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen
The Last Days of Planet Earth
Weltkatastrophe 1999 ? - Die Prophezeiung des Nostradamus
ノストラダムスの大予言 Catastrophe-1999
Genres:
Action | Drama | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Toho Eizo Co.
Toho Pictures
Tokyo Laboratory
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16
Runtime: 114
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Assistant Director:
Takao Okawara
Tadashi Masamori
Choreographer:
Kiyohiko Kawanishi
Co-Director:
Yoshimitsu Banno
Director:
Toshio Masuda
Director of Photography:
Rokurô Nishigaki
Kaoru Washio
Editor:
Nobuo Ogawa
Executive Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Osamu Tanaka
First Assistant Director:
Fumisake Okada
Koji Hashimoto
Lighting Technician:
Shinji Kojima
Taihei Ikeda
Masakuni Morimoto
Novel:
Tsutomu "Ben" Goto
Original Music Composer:
Isao Tomita
Original Story:
Toshio Yasumi
Michel de Nostredame
Production Design:
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Manager:
Hisayuki Murakami
Screenplay:
Yoshimitsu Banno
Toshio Masuda
Script Supervisor:
Akane Shiratori
Second Assistant Director:
Tsunesaburo Nishikawa
Sound Recordist:
Kanae Masuo
Special Effects:
Teruyoshi Nakano
Koichi Kawakita
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Takeshi Yamamoto
Koji Matsumoto
Tadaaki Watanabe
Special Effects Assistant:
Koichi Kawakita
Kenichi Eguchi
Still Photographer:
Yoshinori Ishizuki
Kazukiyo Tanaka
Stunts:
Chihiro Mitsui
Third Assistant Director:
Shindo Yasuda
VFX Director of Photography:
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Takeshi Yamamoto
VFX Lighting Artist:
Taihei Ikeda
Masakuni Morimoto
Visual Effects:
Teruyoshi Nakano
Koichi Kawakita
Takeshi Miyanishi
Hiroshi Matsuda
Yoshio Ishii
Kazunobu Sanpei
Visual Effects Art Director:
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Camera:
Kazukiyo Tanaka
Takeshi Miyanishi
Kenichi Eguchi
Visual Effects Compositor:
Hiroshi Matsuda
Visual Effects Director:
Teruyoshi Nakano
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects Production Manager:
Keisuke Shinoda
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