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|distributor  =[[Toho]]
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|rating      =Not Rated
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==Plot==
==Plot==
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama begins preaching the prophecies of Michel de Nostredame using a copy of his book, "Centuries." He is then executed by the Tokugawa Shogunate for supposed heresy, his wife and son escape with the book. At the onset of World War II, his descendant, Gengaku, is interrogated by an Imperial Japanese Army officer about the family's continued preaching of the prophecies, which predicted the rise of Nazism and the Axis defeat.
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In 1999, biologist Dr. Ryogen Nishiyama is called in to analyze recent scientific phenomena, such as the appearance of [[Giant Slug|giant mutant slugs]], children wielding advanced abilities, and large ice packs just north of Hawaii. He is also a leading figure in the fight against environmental pollution and the global arms race, as well as global disasters. The UN sends a research expedition to New Guinea to investigate a radioactive dust cloud that appeared over the island, but the team suddenly goes out of contact. Nishiyama joins a second team to find them and discover that the area around the team's last known position is now infested by mutant bats, one of whom kills a team member. Nishiyama's group finds the remains of the original team, but are disheartened that some of them are barely alive; they are forced to kill the survivors. After cannibals attack the team's dead colleague, they bury all the members.
 
An SST jet explodes in the atmosphere over Japan, with the explosion puncturing the ozone layer and unleashing ultraviolet rays below. The polar icecaps melt triggering massive floods in Japan. After more natural disasters hit the country, the civilian populace turns to looting as rationing takes effect. Society breaks down further, with several people committing suicide. The panic escalates until nuclear war breaks out and mutated survivors fight each other for food.
 
It is revealed that the nuclear war is one of many nightmare scenarios Nishiyama is explaining before the Japanese Cabinet. As the prime minister explains a resolve to find a solution, Nishiyama, his daughter Mariko, and her boyfriend Akira (Nishiyama's colleague) leave the Diet complex.


==Staff==
==Staff==
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|Toshio Kurosawa|Akira Nakagawa
|Toshio Kurosawa|Akira Nakagawa
|Yoko Tsukasa|Nobuko Nishiyama
|Yoko Tsukasa|Nobuko Nishiyama
|[[Katsuhiko Sasaki]]|Yoshihama - Assistant to Nishiyama
|[[Katsuhiko Sasaki]]|Yoshihama, assistant to Nishiyama
|[[Takashi Shimura]]|Pediatrician
|[[Takashi Shimura]]|Pediatrician
|[[Akihiko Hirata]]|Environmental Scientist #1
|[[Akihiko Hirata]]|Environmental scientist #1
|[[Hiroshi Koizumi]]|Environmental Scientist #2
|[[Hiroshi Koizumi]]|Environmental scientist #2
|So Yamamura|Prime Minister Kuroki
|So Yamamura|Prime Minister Kuroki
|Tappei Shimokawa|Captain of Defense Forces
|Tappei Shimokawa|Captain of Defense Forces
|Mizuho Suzuki|Director General of Environment Agency
|Mizuho Suzuki|Director General of Environment Agency
*Masaru Ryuzaki
*Masaru Ryuzaki
|Kazuo Kato|The Scholar
|Kazuo Kato|Scholar
|Taketoshi Naito|Chief Cabinet Secretary
|Taketoshi Naito|Chief Cabinet Secretary
|Jun Hamamura|Kida
|Jun Hamamura|Kida
|Kyoko Kishida|Narrator (Japanese version)
|Kyoko Kishida|Narrator (Japanese version)
|Tetsu Nakamura|Katsuko Nakagawa - Akira's Mother
|Tetsu Nakamura|Katsuko Nakagawa, Akira's mother
|Franz Gruber|Doctor Wilson
|Franz Gruber|Doctor Wilson
*Osman Yusuf
*Osman Yusuf
|Kuniyasu Atsumi|The Scholar
|Kuniyasu Atsumi|Scholar
|Ralph Jesser|Party Member 2
|Ralph Jesser|Party member 2
|Shunsuke Kariya|Leader in Crowd
|Shunsuke Kariya|Leader in crowd
|Toshizo Kudo|Man Who Asks a Question
|Toshizo Kudo|Man who asks question
|Chico Roland|Nigerian Ambassador
|[[Chico Lourant]]|Nigerian ambassador
|Masahiko Tanimura|Tayama
|Masahiko Tanimura|Tayama
|Yasuko Agawa|Kida's Daughter (as Tomoe Mari)
|Yasuko Agawa|Kida's daughter (as Tomoe Mari)
|Mikizo Hirata|Sanji Nakagawa - Akira's Father
|Mikizo Hirata|Sanji Nakagawa, Akira's father
|Kazuko Inano|Hamako Tayama - Tayama's Wife
|Kazuko Inano|Hamako Tayama, Tayama's wife
|Sayoko Kato|Bus Girl in Shikoku
|Sayoko Kato|Bus girl in Shikoku
|Shosei Muto|Ihara
|Shosei Muto|Ihara
|Goro Naya|TV Newscaster
|Goro Naya|TV newscaster
|Yuji Osugi|Akira's Brother
|Yuji Osugi|Akira's brother
|Kumeko Otowa|Kida's Wife
|Kumeko Otowa|Kida's wife
|Kaori Taniguchi|Orin
|Kaori Taniguchi|Orin
|Toshiko Yabuki|Housewife Who Asks a Question
|Toshiko Yabuki|Housewife who asks question
|Mayako Yoshida|Wife of Akira's Brother
|Mayako Yoshida|Wife of Akira's brother
|Toshio Masuda|Voice
|Toshio Masuda|Voice
|Jack Ryland|Narrator (American version)
|Jack Ryland|Narrator (American version)
}}
}}
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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==Production==
==Production==
''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' was based on the first of ten books about Nostradamus by Tsutomu Goto. He first became interested in the physicist following the Apollo 11 moon landing, which Quatrain 9-85 appeared to have predicted.<ref name="Time">[http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2054266,00.html TIME - "Tick... Tick... Tick..." by Tim Larimer]</ref> Published during the 1973 oil shock, Goto's novel ''Great Prophecies of Nostradamus'' became a bestseller. [[Yoshimitsu Banno]] and Toshio Masuda wrote the script for ''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' from a Shibuya hotel in about ten days, though Masuda was not present for the full duration.<ref name="Banno">[http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/20816/PROPHECIES-OF-NOSTRADAMUS-1974?page=1#.WRW31txw-Uk Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum - Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)]</ref> Toshio Yasumi also received a story credit, though the credits do not clarify that it was for his work on the earlier 1961 movie ''[[The Last War]]'', which also featured a nuclear war with a sick mother as an emotional anchor.<ref name="Nakano">{{cite book|title=Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film |author=Guy Mariner Tucker |date=1996 |publisher=Daikaiju Publishing |page=223}}</ref> ''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' incorporates a significant amount of stock footage from ''The Last War'' as well.
''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' was based on the first of ten books about Nostradamus by Tsutomu Goto. He first became interested in the physicist following the Apollo 11 moon landing, which Quatrain 9-85 appeared to have predicted.<ref name="Time">{{Cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2054266,00.html|title=Tick ... Tick ... Tick ...|work=TIME|date=5 July 1999|author=Larimer, Tim}}</ref> Published during the 1973 oil shock, Goto's novel ''Great Prophecies of Nostradamus'' became a bestseller. [[Yoshimitsu Banno]] and Toshio Masuda wrote the script for ''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' from a Shibuya hotel in about ten days, though Masuda was not present for the full duration.<ref name="Banno">{{Cite web|url=http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/20816/PROPHECIES-OF-NOSTRADAMUS-1974?page=1#.WRW31txw-Uk|title=PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (1974)|work=Classic Horror Film Board|accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref> Toshio Yasumi also received a story credit, though the credits do not clarify that it was for his work on the earlier 1961 movie ''[[The Last War]]'', which also featured a nuclear war with a sick mother as an emotional anchor.<ref name="Nakano">{{cite book|title=Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film |author=Guy Mariner Tucker |date=1996 |publisher=Daikaiju Publishing |page=223}}</ref> ''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' incorporates a significant amount of stock footage from ''The Last War'' as well.


As assistant director, Banno was responsible for most of the New Guinea sequence. A [[Toho]] soundstage was damaged in a fire caused by one of the special effects scenes, with the ruined props including the original [[Moguera]] suit.<ref name="Kristian">[http://kristian.sdf-eu.org/nostradamus/about/ About the Film - PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS]</ref>
As assistant director, Banno was responsible for most of the New Guinea sequence. A [[Toho]] soundstage was damaged in a fire caused by one of the special effects scenes, with the ruined props including the original [[Moguera]] suit.<ref name="Kristian">{{Cite web|url=http://kristian.sdf-eu.org/nostradamus/about/|title=About the Film|work=PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS|author=L. Carrozza, Jules}}</ref>
==Alternate Titles==
==Alternate Titles==
*'''''Great Prophecies of Nostradamus''''' (Literal Japanese Title)
*'''''Great Prophecies of Nostradamus''''' (Literal Japanese Title)
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*Mexico{{Popup-poster|file=T6osNlB.jpg|caption=Mexican poster}}
*Mexico{{Popup-poster|file=T6osNlB.jpg|caption=Mexican poster}}
==[[United States|U.S.]] Release==
==[[United States|U.S.]] Release==
''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' was released in the United States by [[Toho]] in 1979. The film's runtime had been cut from 114 to 87 minutes for international distribution. In the 1980's UPA acquired the rights to distribute the film on home video and television. UPA's version of the film, titled ''The Last Days of Planet Earth'', is based on Toho's 87-minute international version but also removes many of the more controversial scenes retained in the international version and incorporates several scenes from the original Japanese release as well, with its runtime reduced to 88 minutes. It was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1995 through [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]].<ref name="ABOUT">[http://kristian.sdf-eu.org/nostradamus/about/ About the Film - PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS by Jules L. Carrozza]</ref> This version remains the only legitimate release of the film to be available in the United States.
''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' was released in the United States by [[Toho]] in 1979. The film's runtime had been cut from 114 to 87 minutes for international distribution. In the 1980's UPA acquired the rights to distribute the film on home video and television. UPA's version of the film, titled ''The Last Days of Planet Earth'', is based on Toho's 87-minute international version but also removes many of the more controversial scenes retained in the international version and incorporates several scenes from the original Japanese release as well, with its runtime reduced to 88 minutes. It was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1995 through [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]].<ref name="Kristian"/> This version remains the only legitimate release of the film to be available in the United States.


==Unmade Sequel==
==Unmade Sequel==
[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] proposed a sequel for the film in 1974, the year of the film's theatrical premiere, aimed for a 1975 release. The proposed sequel was tentatively titled ''Prophecies of Nostradamus II: Great Devil King of Terror'' {{Nihongo|ノストラダムスの大予言II 恐怖の大魔王|Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen Tsū Kyōfu no Dai Maō}}, and would follow the character Tsutomu Goto (named after the author of the novel upon which the first film was based) as he attempts to contact the spirit of Michel de Nostredame in order to avert the impending end of the world.<ref name="Sequel">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works|Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works (東宝特撮映画大全集)]]|publisher=Village Books|date=September 28, 2012|pages=176-179|isbn=978-4864910132}}</ref>
[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] proposed a sequel for the film in 1974, the year of the film's theatrical premiere, aimed for a 1975 release. The proposed sequel was tentatively titled ''Prophecies of Nostradamus II: The Great King of Terror'' {{Nihongo|ノストラダムスの大予言II 恐怖の大魔王|Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen Tsū Kyōfu no Dai Maō}}, and would follow the character Tsutomu Goto (named after the author of the novel upon which the first film was based) as he attempts to contact the spirit of Michel de Nostredame in order to avert the impending end of the world.<ref name="TSEMCW">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|date=28 September 2012|publisher=Village Books|page=178|isbn=9784864910132}}</ref>
==Videos==
==Videos==
===Trailers===
===Trailers===
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===Other===
===Other===
{{videos|
{{videos|
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/xXIjvjoxfic</youtube>|10-minute digest version of ''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' (fan-made)}}
{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">https://youtu.be/xXIjvjoxfic</youtube>|10-minute digest version of<br>''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' (fan-made)}}
}}
}}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Following the film's release, various anti-nuclear and atomic bomb survivor advocate groups filed a complaint to the Eirin Board, which was in charge of censoring films in Japan. They protested that the scenes depicting the mutant humans created by nuclear fallout were offensive towards survivors of the atomic bombs. In response, Toho removed several minutes of footage from the film and added dialogue to humanize the mutants. The international English version of the film, dubbed in [[Hong Kong]], restores this footage, although it is significantly shorter overall. In 1980, Toho aired the uncut 114-minute version of the film on television, which was the last time the film was ever shown. In the United States in the 1980's, the film's runtime was cut down to 88 minutes and it was released as ''The Last Days of Planet Earth''. Toho has yet to release any cut of the film for the home video market in Japan due to having placed it under a self-imposed studio ban, while only cut versions are available overseas.<ref name="ABOUT"/> Bootlegs of the uncut film do still circulate around the world.
*Following the film's release, various anti-nuclear and atomic bomb survivor advocate groups filed a complaint to the Eirin Board, which was in charge of censoring films in Japan. They protested that the scenes depicting the mutant humans created by nuclear fallout were offensive towards survivors of the atomic bombs. In response, Toho removed several minutes of footage from the film and added dialogue to humanize the mutants. The international English version of the film, dubbed in [[Hong Kong]], restores this footage, although it is significantly shorter overall. In 1980, Toho aired the uncut 114-minute version of the film on television, which was the last time the film was ever shown. In the United States in the 1980's, the film's runtime was cut down to 88 minutes and it was released as ''The Last Days of Planet Earth''. Toho has yet to release any cut of the film for the home video market in Japan due to having placed it under a self-imposed studio ban, while only cut versions are available overseas.<ref name="Kristian"/> Bootlegs of the uncut film do still circulate around the world.
*This film depicts the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was the site of a real-life nuclear disaster following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
*This film depicts the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was the site of a real-life nuclear disaster following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://kristian.sdf-eu.org/nostradamus/texts/ Scans of the film program and a "Making of" book]
*[http://kristian.sdf-eu.org/nostradamus/texts/ Scans of the film program and a "Making of" book]

Revision as of 18:19, 18 April 2019

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Prophecies of Nostradamus
The Japanese poster for Prophecies of Nostradamus
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Great Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
See alternate titles
Directed by Toshio Masuda
Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, Osamu Tanaka
Written by Toshio Yasumi (Screenplay),
Toshio Masuda, Yoshimitsu Banno (Polishing), Tsutomu Goto (Novel)
Music by Isao Tomita
Distributor Toho
Rating Not Rated
Box office ¥883,000,000[1]
Running time 114 minutesJP
(1 hour, 54 minutes)
87 minutesIntl.
(1 hour, 27 minutes)
88 minutesUS
(1 hour, 28 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1

Prophecies of Nostradamus (ノストラダムスの大予言,   Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen, lit. Great Prophecies of Nostradamus) is a 1974 tokusatsu film produced by Toho, and based on Tsutomu Goto's 1973 novel Great Prophecies of Nostradamus. It was released to Japanese theaters on August 3, 1974, and to American theaters on July 13, 1979.

Plot

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Staff

Main article: Prophecies of Nostradamus/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Toshio Masuda
  • Written by   Toshio Masuda, Yoshimitsu Banno
  • Adapted from the screenplay for The Last War by   Toshio Yasumi
  • Based on the novel Great Prophecies of Nostradamus by   Tsutomu Goto
  • Inspired by the writings of   Michel de Nostredame
  • Produced by   Tomoyuki Tanaka, Osamu Tanaka
  • Music by   Isao Tomita
  • Cinematography by   Rokuro Nishigaki, Kaoru Washio
  • Edited by   Nobuo Ogawa
  • Production Design by   Yoshiro Muraki
  • Assistant Directing by   Yoshimitsu Banno, Fumisuke Okada
  • Special Effects by   Motoyoshi Tomioka, Takeshi Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Inoue, Teruyoshi Nakano, Koichi Kawakita

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Tetsuro Tamba   as   Dr. Nishiyama
  • Kaoru Yumi   as   Mariko Nishiyama
  • Toshio Kurosawa   as   Akira Nakagawa
  • Yoko Tsukasa   as   Nobuko Nishiyama
  • Katsuhiko Sasaki   as   Yoshihama, assistant to Nishiyama
  • Takashi Shimura   as   Pediatrician
  • Akihiko Hirata   as   Environmental scientist #1
  • Hiroshi Koizumi   as   Environmental scientist #2
  • So Yamamura   as   Prime Minister Kuroki
  • Tappei Shimokawa   as   Captain of Defense Forces
  • Mizuho Suzuki   as   Director General of Environment Agency
  • Masaru Ryuzaki
  • Kazuo Kato   as   Scholar
  • Taketoshi Naito   as   Chief Cabinet Secretary
  • Jun Hamamura   as   Kida
  • Kyoko Kishida   as   Narrator (Japanese version)
  • Tetsu Nakamura   as   Katsuko Nakagawa, Akira's mother
  • Franz Gruber   as   Doctor Wilson
  • Osman Yusuf
  • Kuniyasu Atsumi   as   Scholar
  • Ralph Jesser   as   Party member 2
  • Shunsuke Kariya   as   Leader in crowd
  • Toshizo Kudo   as   Man who asks question
  • Chico Lourant   as   Nigerian ambassador
  • Masahiko Tanimura   as   Tayama
  • Yasuko Agawa   as   Kida's daughter (as Tomoe Mari)
  • Mikizo Hirata   as   Sanji Nakagawa, Akira's father
  • Kazuko Inano   as   Hamako Tayama, Tayama's wife
  • Sayoko Kato   as   Bus girl in Shikoku
  • Shosei Muto   as   Ihara
  • Goro Naya   as   TV newscaster
  • Yuji Osugi   as   Akira's brother
  • Kumeko Otowa   as   Kida's wife
  • Kaori Taniguchi   as   Orin
  • Toshiko Yabuki   as   Housewife who asks question
  • Mayako Yoshida   as   Wife of Akira's brother
  • Toshio Masuda   as   Voice
  • Jack Ryland   as   Narrator (American version)

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

Gallery

Main article: Prophecies of Nostradamus/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Prophecies of Nostradamus (Soundtrack).

Production

Prophecies of Nostradamus was based on the first of ten books about Nostradamus by Tsutomu Goto. He first became interested in the physicist following the Apollo 11 moon landing, which Quatrain 9-85 appeared to have predicted.[2] Published during the 1973 oil shock, Goto's novel Great Prophecies of Nostradamus became a bestseller. Yoshimitsu Banno and Toshio Masuda wrote the script for Prophecies of Nostradamus from a Shibuya hotel in about ten days, though Masuda was not present for the full duration.[3] Toshio Yasumi also received a story credit, though the credits do not clarify that it was for his work on the earlier 1961 movie The Last War, which also featured a nuclear war with a sick mother as an emotional anchor.[4] Prophecies of Nostradamus incorporates a significant amount of stock footage from The Last War as well.

As assistant director, Banno was responsible for most of the New Guinea sequence. A Toho soundstage was damaged in a fire caused by one of the special effects scenes, with the ruined props including the original Moguera suit.[5]

Alternate Titles

  • Great Prophecies of Nostradamus (Literal Japanese Title)
  • Catastrophe 1999 (Original English Title)
  • The Last Days of Planet Earth (United States)
  • Nostradamus' End of the World: 2000 (Fin Du Monde Nostradamus - An 2000; France)
  • Catastrophe (Catastrofe; Italy)
  • The Prophecy of Nostradamus World Disaster in 1999? (Die Prophezeiung des Nostradamus Weltkatastrophe 1999?; West Germany)
  • The End of the World: The Prophecies of Nostradamus Fulfilled! (El Fin del Mundo ¡Las Profecías de Nostradamus se Cumplen!; Mexico)

Theatrical Releases

  • Japan - August 3, 1974  [view poster]Japanese poster
  • United States - July 13, 1979
  • France - September 25, 1974  [view poster]French poster
  • West Germany - May 22, 1975  [view poster]German poster
  • Mexico  [view poster]Mexican poster

U.S. Release

Prophecies of Nostradamus was released in the United States by Toho in 1979. The film's runtime had been cut from 114 to 87 minutes for international distribution. In the 1980's UPA acquired the rights to distribute the film on home video and television. UPA's version of the film, titled The Last Days of Planet Earth, is based on Toho's 87-minute international version but also removes many of the more controversial scenes retained in the international version and incorporates several scenes from the original Japanese release as well, with its runtime reduced to 88 minutes. It was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1995 through Paramount.[5] This version remains the only legitimate release of the film to be available in the United States.

Unmade Sequel

Tomoyuki Tanaka proposed a sequel for the film in 1974, the year of the film's theatrical premiere, aimed for a 1975 release. The proposed sequel was tentatively titled Prophecies of Nostradamus II: The Great King of Terror (ノストラダムスの大予言II 恐怖の大魔王,   Nosutoradamusu no Daiyogen Tsū Kyōfu no Dai Maō), and would follow the character Tsutomu Goto (named after the author of the novel upon which the first film was based) as he attempts to contact the spirit of Michel de Nostredame in order to avert the impending end of the world.[6]

Videos

Trailers

Japanese Prophecies of Nostradamus trailer
AMC The Last Days of Planet Earth promo

Other

10-minute digest version of
Prophecies of Nostradamus (fan-made)

Trivia

  • Following the film's release, various anti-nuclear and atomic bomb survivor advocate groups filed a complaint to the Eirin Board, which was in charge of censoring films in Japan. They protested that the scenes depicting the mutant humans created by nuclear fallout were offensive towards survivors of the atomic bombs. In response, Toho removed several minutes of footage from the film and added dialogue to humanize the mutants. The international English version of the film, dubbed in Hong Kong, restores this footage, although it is significantly shorter overall. In 1980, Toho aired the uncut 114-minute version of the film on television, which was the last time the film was ever shown. In the United States in the 1980's, the film's runtime was cut down to 88 minutes and it was released as The Last Days of Planet Earth. Toho has yet to release any cut of the film for the home video market in Japan due to having placed it under a self-imposed studio ban, while only cut versions are available overseas.[5] Bootlegs of the uncut film do still circulate around the world.
  • This film depicts the destruction of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was the site of a real-life nuclear disaster following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

External Links

References

This is a list of references for Prophecies of Nostradamus. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. "Prophecies of Nostradamus (film)". Japanese Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. Larimer, Tim (5 July 1999). "Tick ... Tick ... Tick ..." TIME.
  3. "PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (1974)". Classic Horror Film Board. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. Guy Mariner Tucker (1996). Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film. Daikaiju Publishing. p. 223.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 L. Carrozza, Jules. "About the Film". PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS.
  6. Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. Village Books. 28 September 2012. p. 178. ISBN 9784864910132.

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