Nezura 1964
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| Kanji | ネズラ1964 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hiroto Yokokawa | ||||
| Written by | Hiroto Yokokawa Kensaku Sakai | ||||
| Based on | Giant Horde Beast Nezura | ||||
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| Music by | Takuya Imahori Michiaki Watanabe | ||||
Production companies | 3Y Film Kadokawa | ||||
| Distributed by | 3Y Film | ||||
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Running time | 55 minutes[1] | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Budget | ¥3.5 million[1][2] | ||||
Nezura 1964 (ネズラ1964, Nezura Ichikyūrokuyon) is a 2020 Japanese crowdfunded kaiju biopic film directed by Hiroto Yokokawa. The film was based on Daiei's unfinished 1964 Gamera precursor Giant Horde Beast Nezura and stars Yukijirō Hotaru as a character based on the president of Daiei, Mai Saito, Mach Fumiake, and Shirō Sano. Yokokawa later reused its props for a 2021 short film Yatsuashi (Japanese: ヤツアシ), which was based on Giant Sea Demon Dagora (Japanese: 大海魔ダゴラ), a scrapped Daiei film before Giant Horde Beast Nezura.[3]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (May 2023) |
Cast
[edit]- Yukijirō Hotaru as Nagano[4]
- Kazuma Yoneyama as Yukawa[4][5]
- Norman England as Schmidt
- Ippei Osako as Shigeo[4][6]
- Yoshiro Uchida as Takiyama[4]
- Shirō Sano as Azuma[7][8]
- Noboru Sato as Muraoka[9]
- Mai Saito as Junko[10][11]
- Mach Fumiake[12] as Monto[13]
- Masanori Kikuzawa as Tsukaji[4]
- Himawari Ono as Sachiko[14]
- Bin Furuya as Oyaji[7][15]
- Akira Ohashi as Mammoth Nezura[16]
Production
[edit]On December 7, 2020, Takuya Imahori and Michiaki Watanabe were announced as the film's composers.[17]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Nezura March" | Hiroto Yokokawa | Takuya Imahori | 1:21 |
| 2. | "Giant Horde Beast Nezura" | Takeyuki Tanokura | Michiaki Watanabe | 1:40 |
| Total length: | 3:01 | |||
Release
[edit]Theatrical
[edit]Nezura 1964 was first released in Tokyo released on December 19, 2020. A month later, it was released nationwide on January 16, 2021.[1]
Home media
[edit]The film was released to DVD in Japan in January 2021[2] and will soon be released in North America by SRS Cinema.[18]
Giant Horde Beast Nezura
[edit]Giant Horde Beast Nezura[19] (大群獣ネズラ, Daigunjū Nezura, lit. 'The Great Rat Swarm') is an unfinished 1964 kaiju film directed by Mitsuo Murayama and produced by Daiei Film. The film's production was shut down by the health department because the wild brown rats used were escaping the set and had the potential to transmit disease to the surrounding area.[20] Despite the project's cancellation, the studio was not dissuaded from producing more kaiju films, and released Gamera, the Giant Monster the following year.
Development
[edit]The film developers were inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds "animal attack" concept, but decided to replace birds with giant rats.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "ABOUT". nezura1964.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b Miller, Stephen (2020-01-25). "Lost Projects: Giant Horde Beast Nezura". The Kaijuologist. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ Nezura 1964 Official X Account, Feburary 10, 2021, 大映は『大群獣ネズラ』以前に本物のタコを用いた『大魔獣ダゴラ』という企画がありました。『ネズラ1964』では、この「ダゴラ」については割愛しましたが、代わりに同ミニチュアセットで横川監督による短編『ヤツアシ』を撮影しました。, X (Twitter)
- ^ a b c d e "Makuake｜ガメラの原点！製作陣の挫折と奇跡を描く『ネズラ1964』を映画化したい！｜Makuake（マクアケ）". Makuake(マクアケ) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "米山冬馬インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "大迫一平インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b Inc, Natasha. "「ネズラ1964」に佐野史郎と古谷敏が出演、「いちファンとして楽しみ」（動画あり）". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-09.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "佐野史郎インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "佐藤昇インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Inc, Natasha. "「仮面ライダー555」の斉藤麻衣、「ネズラ1964」で約17年ぶり映画出演". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-08.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "斉藤麻衣インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "Gamera Legend Mach Fumiake Joins Cast of NEZURA 1964!". 15 June 2020.
- ^ "マッハ文朱インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "小野ひまわりインタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "古谷敏インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ "大橋明インタビュー". 映画『ネズラ1964』公式サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Inc, Natasha. "串田アキラがシャウト、渡辺宙明とのタッグ曲を「ネズラ1964」に提供（動画あり）". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-09.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Keith. "SRS Cinema Secures THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL and NEZURA 1964 For North American Distribution!". www.scifijapan.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ^ LeMay, John (2019). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Roswell, NM: Bicep Books. ISBN 978-1701683945.
- ^ Supekutoru man vs raionmaru : Ushio sōji to pī puro no jidai. Tomio Sagisu, 富雄 鷺巣. 太田出版. 1999. ISBN 4-87233-466-3. OCLC 676157356.
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External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Nezura 1964 at IMDb