Kazui Nihonmatsu

Genocide

Genocide

The insects are taking over in this nasty piece of disaster horror 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 you could imagine. Also known as War of the Insects, Genocide enacts a cracked doomsday scenario like no other.

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1968
  • 84 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.45:1
  • Japanese

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Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku

Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku

DVD Box Set

4 Discs

$47.96

Genocide
Cast
Keisuke Sonoi
Yoshito Nagumo
Yusuke Kawazu
Joji Akiyama
Emi Shindo
Yukari
Reiko Hitomi
Junko Komura
Eriko Sono
Nagumo’s assistant
Kathy Horan
Annabelle
Chico Roland
Charly
Ralph Jesser
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon
Credits
Director
Kazui Nihonmatsu
Produced by
Tsuneo Kosumi
Screenplay
Susumu Takaku
Story by
Kingen Amada
Cinematography
Shizuo Hirase
Production design
Nobutaka Yoshino
Editor
Akimitsu Terada
Music
Shunsuke Kikuchi

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Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku
Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku

For a brief, shining moment, the genteel Japanese studio mutated into a fun house of grim ghouls and slimy aliens.

By Chuck Stephens