It is this version that has been circulating on video and TV in the United States. Running time: 88 minutes without commercials. Connections Edited into The Return of Godzilla User reviews 17 Review. Top review. Cool Flick! I know a lot of people don't like this movie, but I really enjoyed it. I'm not a big sci-fi fan, but there is something about this one I really enjoyed. The special effects are cheesy, and it gets silly, but I really got a kick out of it.
Details Edit. Release date July 13, United States. The Last Days of Planet Earth. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 28 minutes.
Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap. What is the English language plot outline for Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen ? See more gaps Learn more about contributing. Edit page. See the full list. The Japanese censors thought that the two scenes were far to reminiscent of the Hiroshima bombing to be seen by the public at large.
Toho has since disowned the title, which has never been legitimately released in its original and unaltered form. Catastrophe , the international version of the film, was played in Europe and elsewhere. The film was cut from minutes to 85, mostly removing important characterization scenes and the heartfelt speech of the Japanese Prime Minister that occurs in the final minutes of the film. This cut is still available on VHS in some European nations, but is hard to come by.
In the 's, Harry Saperstein responsible for the US television releases of films like War of the Gargantuas and Frankenstein Conquers the World got a hold of a print and butchered it into a cut several minutes longer than the international version 88 minutes but lacking even more of the important scenes in the film. The original introduction was recut beyond repair, most of the references to Nostradamus and his prophecies were removed, and a makeshift ending was tacked on that minced scenes from the original Japanese ending and other parts of the film together.
Paramount released a VHS and laserdisc of this version under the title The Last Days of Planet Earth and it is still played on television occassionally. Thankfully for fans of Japanese cinema, someone located an unadulterated timecoded print of the film and has since made the original minute version available, albeit only in Japan.
I managed to snare a copy through an import service. The differences are astounding. Gone is the choppy editing of the international and US versions of the film, vanished is the dubbing, and what's left is one of the finest Japanese disaster films of all time.
I can say for a fact that those of you who have only seen the Last Days of Planet Earth or Catastrophe prints of the film have, in fact, not seen the film at all. Judging the film by watching these butchered versions is not only difficult, but nearly impossible. I encourage anyone with interest in the film to locate a copy of the minute cut.
It may not be for everyone, but those that even slighly enjoyed either of the cut versions are sure to find infinitely more to enjoy in the original Japanese version. Atragon 30 December I'll tell you, the screeches this movie gave for MST3K must've been pretty quiet because I certainly didn't hear them.
Doesn't matter since MST3K is the most annoying show on television. This is very much underrated by people. I was entertained by this movie and that's all that matters. See the this movie if you can find it. The largely inferior American bastardization is a genuine travesty. I recently saw the original minute Japanese language version on glorious widescreen. I must say this film packs a serious wallop. Unlike the US version which goes for the throat in the first ten minutes, this version takes time to properly develop it's characters and set up the mood.
The film opens up in feudal Japan with a descendent of Nishiyama Tetsuro Tamba being persecuted for bringing the writings of Nostradamus into the country. The opening credits are chilling, one of the best intros I have ever seen in a movie. The music by Isao Tomita is one of the best film scores ever produced. I hope Toho ends the studio ban. This year marks its 30th anniversary and it's been banned for over 20 years.
What are they so afraid of? Their are plenty of films over there more offensive to sensitivities than this film. This is a very different kind of Toho film and the US version obscures it. There's graphic violence, brief nudity and the handling of its subject matter is unflinching.
Many of the scenes presented in the US version that appear nonsensical, pointless and mediocre are all explained here. The actors do a fine acting job Seven Samurai and Godzilla's Takashi Shimura makes an appearance as a doctor and Kaoru Yumi is a real hottie.
The director Toshio Masuda and screenwriter Yoshimistu Banno the Godzilla vs Hedora director do a splendid job balancing beauty and the grotesque. The filmmakers were fearless making this.
Lastly, Teruyoshi Nakano's special effects are superb to say the least, but admittingly some scenes dont work the giant bats and the little girl jumping incredible heights. The traffic jam explosion scene is amazing. A subtitled print has to exist somewhere. I really hope classic media does a wonderful job on the DVD release. In its original form, the film is an apocalyptical masterpiece. The plot and story what story there is moves along very quickly and the viewer is instantly pulled into the characters' dying world.
I can't think of any other end-of the-world picture that is as terrifying, haunting, petrifying, and beautiful all at the same time. The movie manages to slide along all those moods effortlessly. Despite it's maligned reputation at home and in the west, "The Great Prophecies of Nostradamus" is one of the best films Toho has ever made.
Everyone involved with the project should be proud of what they've done. I'd like to give special recognition to Yoko Tsukasa's performance as the doomed Nobuo Nishiyama. Out of all the actors in the movie, Tsukasa is the most shortchanged.
Her role as Nobuo merely requires her to love her family and little else but she is masterful in playing it it's nothing but appropriate that the audio track used when she dies is named "Death of a Loving Thing"-that wraps up Nobuo's character fairly well.
Speaking of which, her death scene is another one of the highlights of the film. She puts Ali MacGraw's similar death scene in "Love Story" to shame-instead of whining to her husband about various life concerns, Nobuo bravely faces her death without fear and comes off as one of the most honorable characters in the film. As with much of the picture, this sequence is inexplicably cut to shreds in both the international version and "The Last Days of Planet Earth".
The cinematography by Rokuro Nishigaki is particularly well-crafted. In the original Tohoscope format everything looks top-notch, whether it's Feudal-era pagodas, brilliant sunsets, or a couple running along a shoreline with the sea shimmering nearby. It's a shame that in "The Last Days of Planet Earth", the horrible pan and scanning destroys what is a beautifully-shot picture. In fact, the U.
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