Virus

Frigid midnight. Diesel generators hum. The last thermometer reads -60C. An outpost of bloodstained scrubs toggles microscopes by candlelight as a pink lymph sample curdles slowly under the glass. The radio hisses static and a child’s cough. Fukasaku’s 1980 grindhouse fable: the end comes dressed in fogged breath and the smell of burnt wiring.

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Kinji Fukasaku directed Virus in 1980. See Kinji Fukasaku's full filmography, where to start with Kinji Fukasaku, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kinji Fukasaku.

Virus was released in 1980 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 156 minutes.