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Catastrophe 1999
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
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Tetsuro TambaDr. Nishiyama
Toshio KurosawaAkira Nakagawa
Kaoru YumiMariko Nishiyama
Yōko TsukasaNobuo Nishiyama
So YamamuraPrime Minister Kuroki
Katsuhiko SasakiYoshihama, Nishiyama's Assistant
Hiroshi KoizumiEnvironmental scientist #2
Akihiko HirataEnvironmental scientist #1
Takashi ShimuraPediatrician
Shinji NakaeNarration
Mizuho SuzukiDirector General of Environment Agency
Taketoshi NaitōChief Cabinet SecretaryExplore the crew
- Director
- Toshio Masuda
- Editor
- Nobuo Ogawa
- Director of Photography
- Rokurô Nishigaki
- Original Music Composer
- Isao Tomita
- Director of Photography
- Kaoru Washio
- Screenplay
- Toshio Masuda
- Screenplay
- Yoshimitsu Banno