The Monsters and Mayhem of Shochiku in the ’60s
November 20, 2012
The insects are taking over in this nasty piece of disaster horror directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu. A group of military personnel transporting a hydrogen bomb are left to figure out how and why swarms of killer bugs took down their plane; the answer is more deliriously nihilistic—and convoluted—than you could imagine. Also known as War of the Insects, Genocide enacts a cracked doomsday scenario like no other.
| Yoshito Nagumo | Keisuke Sonoi |
| Joji Akiyama | Yusuke Kawazu |
| Yukari | Emi Shindo |
| Junko Komura | Reiko Hitomi |
| Nagumo’s assistant | Eriko Sono |
| Annabelle | Kathy Horan |
| Charly | Chico Roland |
| Lieutenant Colonel Gordon | Ralph Jesser |
| Director | Kazui Nihonmatsu |
| Produced by | Tsuneo Kosumi |
| Screenplay | Susumu Takaku |
| Story by | Kingen Amada |
| Cinematography | Shizuo Hirase |
| Production design | Nobutaka Yoshino |
| Editor | Akimitsu Terada |
| Music | Shunsuke Kikuchi |
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