Roots Search

Deep space. A drifting derelict. An SOS. A rescue crew boards the Green Planet, finding its captain barely alive, his story lost in screams. An alien virus spreads among the station, turning horror inward. A nasty direct-to-video anime oddity for gorehounds.

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Hisashi Sugai directed Roots Search in 1986. See Hisashi Sugai's full filmography, where to start with Hisashi Sugai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hisashi Sugai.

Roots Search was released in 1986 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 45 minutes.