Genocide (1968 film)
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| Directed by | Kazui Nihonmatsu |
| Screenplay by | Susumu Takaku |
| Story by | Kingen Amada[1] |
| Produced by | Tsuneo Kosumi[1] |
| Starring | Keisuke Sonoi Yûsuke Kawazu Emi Shindô |
| Cinematography | Shizuo Hirase[1] |
| Edited by | Akimitsu Terada[1] |
| Music by | Shunsuke Kikuchi[1] |
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Running time | 84 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Genocide (昆虫大戦争, Konchu daisenso, lit. 'Great Insect War') is a 1968 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction horror film directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu.[2]
Plot summary
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Cast
- Keisuke Sonoi as Yoshito Nagumo
- Yûsuke Kawazuas Joji Akiyama
- Emi Shindo as Yukari Akiyama
- Reiko Hitomi as Junko Komura
- Eriko Sono as Nagumo’s assistant
- Kathy Horan as Annabelle
- Chico Roland as Charlie
- Ralph Jesser as Lieutenant Colonel Gordon
- Toshiyuki Ichimura as Seborey Kudo
- Tadayoshi Ueda as Tsuneo Matsunaga
- Hiroshi Aoyama as Toru Fujii
- Hideaki Komori as Yokoi
- Saburo Aonuma as Detective
- Mike Daneen as Aircraft Captain
- Franz Gruber as Doctor
- Harold S. Conway as Commander
- William Douyuak as Correspondent
Production
Genocide was co-written by Susumu Takaku, an anime and live-action screenwriter.[4] The films staff includes Shizuo Hirase as the cinematographer who also worked on the Shochiku films The X from Outer Space and Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell.[4]
Release
Genocide was released in Japan on 9 November 1968.[1] It was released as a double feature with The Living Skeleton.[5][6] The film was released in the United States by Shochiku Films of America in 1969.[1] The film was promoted under the title War of the Insects on this release.[1]
The Criterion Collection released Genocide on DVD in a compilation set titled When Horror Came to Shochiku through their Eclipse label.[7] The box set was released on November 20, 2012.[8]
Reception
See also
- List of horror films of 1968
- List of Japanese films of 1968
- List of science fiction films of the 1960s
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Galbraith IV 1996, p. 180.
- ^ "War of the Insects". AllMovie. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- Criterion Collection. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Criterion Collection. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 320.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 321.
- Criterion Collection. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ "The X From Outer Space (1967)". AllMovie. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ Cronk, Jordan (2 January 2013). "Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- Sight & Sound. Vol. 23, no. 1. British Film Institute. p. 118.
Sources
- ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
External links
- Genocide at IMDb
- Genocide at AllMovie
- Genocide at the TCM Movie Database
