Nezura 1964 (ネズラ1964, Nezura Ichikyūrokuyon) is a 2020 Japanese crowdfunded kaiju biopic film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa. The film was based on Daiei's unfinished 1964 Gamera precursor, Giant Horde Beast Nezura and stars Yukijirō Hotaru as a character based on the president of Daiei, Mai Saito, Mach Fumiake, and Shirō Sano.
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| Kanji | ネズラ1964 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hiroto Yokokawa | ||||
| Written by | Hiroto Yokokawa Kensaku Sakai | ||||
| Based on | Giant Horde Beast Nezura | ||||
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| Music by | Takuya Imahori Michiaki Watanabe | ||||
Production companies | 3Y Film Kadokawa | ||||
| Distributed by | 3Y Film | ||||
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Running time | 55 minutes[1] | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Budget | ¥3.5 million[1][2] | ||||
Plot
Cast
- Yukijirō Hotaru as Nagano[3]
- Kazuma Yoneyama as Yukawa[3][4]
- Norman England as Schmidt
- Ippei Osako as Shigeo[3][5]
- Yoshiro Uchida as Takiyama[3]
- Shirō Sano as Azuma[6][7]
- Noboru Sato as Muraoka[8]
- Mai Saito as Junko[9][10]
- Mach Fumiake[11] as Monto[12]
- Masanori Kikuzawa as Tsukaji[3]
- Himawari Ono as Sachiko[13]
- Bin Furuya as Oyaji[6][14]
- Akira Ohashi as Mammoth Nezura[15]
Production
On December 7, 2020, Takuya Imahori and Michiaki Watanabe were announced as the film's composers.[16]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Nezura March" | Hiroto Yokokawa | Takuya Imahori | 1:21 |
| 2. | "Giant Horde Beast Nezura" | Takeyuki Tanokura | Michiaki Watanabe | 1:40 |
| Total length: | 3:01 | |||
Release
Theatrical
Nezura 1964 was first released in Tokyo released on December 19, 2020. A month later, it was released nationwide on January 16, 2021.[1]
Home media
The film was released to DVD in Japan in January 2021[2] and will soon be released in North America by SRS Cinema.[17]
Giant Horde Beast Nezura
Giant Horde Beast Nezura[18] (大群獣ネズラ, Daigunjū Nezura, lit. 'The Great Rat Swarm') is an unfinished 1964 kaiju film directed by Mitsuo Murayama and produced by Daiei Film. The film's production was shut down by the health department because the wild brown rats used were escaping the set and had the potential to transmit disease to the surrounding area.[19] Despite the project's cancellation, the studio was not dissuaded from producing more kaiju films, and released Gamera, the Giant Monster the following year.
Development
The film developers were inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds "animal attack" concept, but decided to replace birds with giant rats.[citation needed]
See also
References
External links
- Official website Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Nezura 1964 at IMDb
