World catastrophe in 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus
| Movie | |
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| German title | World catastrophe in 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus |
| Original title | ノ ス ト ラ ダ ム ス の 大 予 言 |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Toshio Masuda |
| script |
Tsutomu Gotō Toshio Yasumi |
| production |
Osamu Tanaka Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| music | Isao Tomita |
| camera | Rokurō Nishigaki |
| cut | Nobuo Ogawa |
| occupation | |
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World catastrophe in 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus ( Japanese ノストラダムスの大予言, Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen , dt. " Nostradamus ' great prophecy") is a Japanese disaster movie from 1974. It was directed by Toshio Masuda for Toho . It opened in theaters in Germany on May 22, 1975.
action
In 1999 the world suffers from increasing industrialization and the resulting massive environmental pollution . The Japanese scientist Dr. Nishiyama is convinced that the irresponsible behavior of people towards their environment will soon have the worst consequences. But nobody takes their warnings seriously, even though there are already the first signs of an impending environmental catastrophe all over the world: Strange weather phenomena occur, animals and plants mutate and people also get sick. Nevertheless, the Japanese government has long been able to downplay the danger and calm the population. Only when a series of devastating natural disasters wiped out almost all of the world's crops and the government was forced to ration food did the Japanese people finally lose confidence in their politicians. People panic, riots and looting broke out across Japan.
Dr. Nishiyama finally makes one last-ditch effort to finally rethink the world's governments. He appears before a committee and warns both the Japanese government and the representatives of the various countries who are also present of further catastrophes that threaten mankind if they stick to their current course: for example, severe earthquakes could cause nuclear disasters in Japanese nuclear power plants or in the worst case, even a devastating nuclear war can break out. The governments of the world finally see their mistakes and decide to act together and save the earth before it is too late.
background
- Both the title and the content of the film refer to a prophecy by the French mystic and astrologer Nostradamus , who predicted the end of the world in 1999.
- The 1999 world catastrophe was very controversial in Japan. Due to its explosive content and some drastic scenes, Tōhō's film was taken out of distribution again shortly after its premiere and shortened from 114 minutes to 90 minutes.
- The film was edited for the US market and shortened to 72 minutes. This version appeared under the title The Last Days of Planet Earth.
- Teruyoshi Nakano, a student of the legendary Japanese effects specialist Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970), was responsible for the film's special effects .
Production notes
The production design comes from Yoshirō Muraki . The film was set in Japan .
Reviews
The Lexicon of International Films wrote: “ A naive mixture of horror and catastrophe film with a critical tone, but little factual argumentation. With many tricks, the destructive side effects of human civilization are combined into a genre-standard science fiction spectacle, in which ultimately humans mutate into monsters until an atomic strike turns the earth into a field of rubble. "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ World catastrophe 1999? - The prophecy of Nostradamus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 15, 2017 .