Cruel Famine Continent
1973, Japanese. Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno & Akira Ide.
Cruel Famine Continent documents the Great Sahelian drought in West Africa and its effect on the people. The production was an attempt to pivot Toei's output from yakuza films and Toei Porn towards "global issues" and "whatever makes money", as stated by then-Toei president Shigeru Okada. Theatrical proceeds were to be shared as relief funds through the Japanese Red Cross, though the box office returns are unknown. Footage shot for the documentary by Yoshimitsu Banno would later be reused in the 1974 Toho production Prophecies of Nostradamus.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 June 1973
- Original title
- 残酷飢餓大陸
- Country
- Japan
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Cruel Famine Continent (1973) was directed by Yoshimitsu Banno and Akira Ide.