Genocide
1968, Japanese. Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu.
A group of military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane; the answer is more deliriously nihilistic, and convoluted, than they could imagine.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kazui NihonmatsuDirector
- Keisuke SonoiYoshito Nagumo
- Yūsuke KawazuJoji Akiyama
- Emi ShindōYukari Akiyama
- Reiko HitomiJunko Komura
- Eriko SonoNagumo’s assistant
- Toshiyuki IchimuraSeborey Kudo
- Tadayoshi UedaTsuneo Matsunaga
- Hiroshi AoyamaToru Fujii
- Hideaki KomoriYokoi
- Chico LourantCharlie
- Kathy HoranAnnabelle
- Ralph JesserLieutenant Colonel Gordon
Details
- Released
- 9 November 1968
- Original title
- 昆虫大戦争
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Susumu Takaku, Kingen Amada
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Genocide runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Genocide is streaming on Criterion Channel.
What movies are like Genocide?
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Who directed Genocide?
Genocide (1968) was directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu and stars Keisuke Sonoi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Emi Shindō.