Kaoru Yumi Movies
- 1974
In this Japanese sci-fi film based on the prophesies of the French seer Nostradamus, the story begins in 1999, the year the prophet predicted the world would end. The future world is horribly polluted, and one scientist is assigned to deal with the giant blood-sucking slugs that have been spawned by the toxic filth in the ocean. With their presence, almost all sea-life dies, the Earth's plants shrivel up, and children begin to expire. At this point, the common folk begin to riot until the governments call in the military to stop them. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1975
In this Japanese-made sci-fi/action thriller, Interpol has nothing on ESPY, an elite international law-enforcement agency. Its members have supernormal powers, including telepathy and clairvoyance. Discerning a pattern to the series of political assassinations which have rocked the world, ESPY dispatches its best agents to Istanbul, to counter the efforts of an anti-ESPY organization, masterminded by Ulrov (who has super-powers himself), before the Prime Minister of Baltonia is killed. The combined force of the battling telepaths causes natural disturbances around the world including earthquakes and auroras. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, (more)
- 1975
This speculative drama's original name, Prophecies of Nostradamus is perhaps more descriptive of the subject. Set in the year 1999, this feature dramatizes the events predicted by the great French seer. Disasters depicted included severely polluted air and water, crazed adults, war, and natural disasters. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1978
The battle for good and against evil never ends in this long series of episodes about attempts to capture the phoenix, a mythic bird of immortality. Set in the second century A.D., this fantasy adventure yarn includes plenty of special effects and animation, yet that does not mean it is innocuous. Violence and mayhem rule the day as a brave little boy and his warrior-mentor are caught in tribal warfare over the phoenix. Mother nature is just as violent: volcanoes erupt to great destruction and earthquakes destroy what the volcanoes miss. After all this, the implication in the end is that a new Japan -- like the immortal phoenix -- will rise from the ashes. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masao Kusakari, (more)
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