Toho?s PANDEMIC Coming to UK DVD

Doctors Eiko Kobayashi (Rei Dan) and Tsuyoshi Matsuoka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) race to stop a plague threatening to wipe out mankind in PANDEMIC, a sci-fi thriller from TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) and Toho. Photo courtesy of The Associates. � 2009 PANDEMIC' Production Committee

The End of the World is Near in Japanese Sci-Fi Thriller Source: The Associates press release

Cover art for the UK DVD of PANDEMIC. Photo courtesy of The Associates. � 2009 PANDEMIC' Production Committee

Japanese director Takahisa Zeze (FLYING RABBITS; MOON CHILD) combines the apocalyptic excitement of the disaster movie with the high tension of a medical thriller in PANDEMIC (????, Kansen Retto, 2009), which stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (DORORO; THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT), Kanningu Takeyama (MEMORIES OF MATSUKO) and celebrated veteran actor Tatsuya Fuji (IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES; EMPIRE OF PASSION) in a terrifyingly topical tale of a world threatened by a mysterious virus. At a Tokyo hospital, a patient thought to be suffering from flu tests negative for the disease but then suffers from fever, pneumonia, bleeding, diarrhea, systemic infection and multiple organ failure. Doctors quickly determine that the cause was not avian flu. It was something much, much worse ? a brand new form of flu, the likes of which has never been seen before. Early estimates suggest an outbreak of this deadly plague could infect 2.5 million people within the Tokyo area and kill around 640,000 within weeks. Continued...

Source: http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2011/04/16/tohos-pandemic-coming-to-uk-dvd/

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