Genocide
Genocide
昆虫大戦争
Konchū Daisensō
Insect Great War
Director | Kazui Nihonmatsu |
Story | Kunimoto Amita |
Screenplay | Susumu Takaku |
Photography |
Shizuo Hirase Sozaburo Shinomura |
Art | Yunota Yoshino |
Music | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Lighting | Tatsuo Aomoto |
Editor | Akimatsu Terada |
Sound | Hiroshi Nakamura |
Production Companies | Shochiku |
Release Date | November 9, 1968 |
Runtime | 84 minutes |
昆虫大戦争 Konchū Daisensō Insect Great War |
Director | Kazui Nihonmatsu |
Story | Kunimoto Amita |
Screenplay | Susumu Takaku |
Photography |
Shizuo Hirase Sozaburo Shinomura |
Art | Yunota Yoshino |
Music | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
Lighting | Tatsuo Aomoto |
Editor | Akimatsu Terada |
Sound | Hiroshi Nakamura |
Production Companies | Shochiku |
Release Date | November 9, 1968 |
Runtime | 84 minutes |
An American bomber crash lands near a remote Japanese island. Gordon, a ranking officer from the nearest air base, conducts an investigation and finds two of the crew dead and one, Charlie, alive and delirious. Gordon accuses Joji, one of the locals, of killing his officers and scavenging their equipment, and detains him. Joji had been sending insect samples to Dr. Nagumo, an entomologist on the mainland, who arrives to take up Joji’s case. Nagumo concludes that the officers died from extreme trauma following multiple insect bites, and believes that Joji is innocent. However, Gordon is unmoved, and Nagumo suspects Gordon is railroading the affair to cover up that the bomber’s cargo - a nuclear warhead - is now missing.
Annabelle, a Westerner living on the island, has also been receiving insect samples from Joji, but for more nefarious purposes. She is in league with the Eastern Bloc nations and is attempting to concoct a biological weapon using insect venom. Annabelle’s agents kidnap Charlie and interrogate him about the missing warhead. Annabelle tests the insect venom on Charlie and sets him loose. Charlie goes mad and attacks the locals, forcing Gordon to shoot him. Before he dies, Nagumo hears Charlie frantically muttering “genocide.” On a hunch, Nagumo subjects himself to a small dose of insect venom and has a psychedelic experience, in which he senses the thoughts of the insects. They are afraid of nuclear holocaust and are willing to wipe out mankind in order to protect themselves.
Annabelle kidnaps Nagumo to stop his investigation of the insects, but her own insects are accidentally set loose and kill her and her agents. Nagumo is rescued by Gordon, but Joji is killed while trying to protect his young wife Yukari, who flees the island. Gordon escorts Nagumo aboard his plane and departs, revealing that he intends to detonate the warhead to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands, even though it will destroy the island. Over the objections of Nagumo and his crew, Gordon activates the bomb. Immediately a cloud of angry insects swarms the plane and causes it to crash.
Top Billed Cast
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Top Billed Cast
Dr. Nagumo
Joji
Yukari
Komuro
Laboratory Courier
Annabelle
Charlie
Gordon
Kudo
Detective
Bomber Pilot
USAF Doctor
USAF Officer
製作 Producer |
小角恒雄 Tsuneo Koga |
原案 Story |
天田欽元 Kunimoto Amita |
脚本 Screenplay |
高久進 Susumu Takaku |
撮影 Photography |
平瀬静雄 Shizuo Hirase |
篠村荘三郎 Sozaburo Shinomura |
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美術 Art |
芳野尹孝 Yunota Yoshino |
音楽 Music |
菊池俊輔 Shunsuke Kikuchi |
照明 Lighting |
青木辰夫 Tatsuo Aomoto |
編集 Editor |
寺田昭光 Akimitsu Terada |
録音 Sound |
中村寛 Hiroshi Nakamura |
調音 Articulation |
松本隆司 Ryuji Matsumoto |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
白木慶二 Keiji Shiraki |
光学技術 Optical Effects |
石川智弘 Tomohiro Ishikawa |
装置 Apparatus |
中村良三 Ryozo Nakamura |
進行 Progress |
福山正幸 Masayuki Fukuyama |
製作主任 Production Manager |
内藤誠 Makoto Naito |
現像 Developing |
東洋現像所 Toyo Laboratory |
協力 Cooperation |
日本特撮映画株式会社 Japan Sci-Fi Film Corporation |
川上景司 Kawakami Prefecture |
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菅沼峻 Shigeru Suganuma |
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出演 Appearing |
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園井啓介 Keisuke Sonoi |
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川津祐介 Yusuke Kawazu |
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新藤恵美 Emi Shindo |
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瞳麗子 Reiko Hitomi |
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園江梨子 Yoko Hirayama |
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キャシー・ホーラン Kathy Horan |
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チコ・ローランド Chico Roland |
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ロルフ・ジェッサー Ralph Jesser |
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市村俊幸 Toshiyuki Ichimura |
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上田忠好 Chuko Ueda |
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青山宏 Hiroshi Aoyama |
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市山達巳 Tatsumi Ichiyama |
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小森英明 Hideaki Komori |
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青沼三朗 Saburo Aonuma |
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マイク・ダニーン Mike Daneen |
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フランツ・グルーベル Franz Gruber |
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ハロルド・コンウェイ Harold Conway |
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ウォルフラム・ベケシャス Wolfram Beckeshas |
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ウィリアム・デウギュウ William Degeuw |
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ライナ・ゲスマン Rainer Gessman |
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ハーディ・バウマン Hardy Bowman |
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監督 Director |
二本松嘉瑞 Kazui Nihonmatsu |