Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI apocalypse spectacle — real explosions, real panic.
Production
Actually filmed in Antarctica because Fukasaku doesn't mess around.
Acting
Glenn Ford's president has the energy of a man who saw this coming.
Director
Kinji Fukasaku
Glenn Ford
President Richardson
Robert Vaughn
Senator Barkley
Masao Kusakari
Doctor Shûzô Yoshizumi
Yumi Takigawa
Asami Noriko
Henry Silva
General Garland
Bo Svenson
Major Carter
Stuart Gillard
Doctor Ed Meyer
Cec Linder
Doctor Latour
Chuck Connors
Captain McCloud - HMS Nereid
George Kennedy
Admiral Conway
Olivia Hussey
Marit
Edward James Olmos
Captain Lopez
Isao Natsuyagi
Commander Nakanishi
Julie Khaner
Secretary - Palmer Station
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fukasaku's crew was the first Japanese film production permitted to shoot in Antarctica, capturing actual research station footage.
Released at the height of Cold War anxiety, it's essentially Japan processing its nuclear trauma through American military-science-gone-wrong optics.
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