Nezura 1964

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.

Nezura 1964
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ネズラ1964
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Nezura Ichikyūrokuyon
Directed by	Hiroto Yokokawa
Written by	Hiroto Yokokawa Kensaku Sakai
Based on	Giant Horde Beast Nezura
Produced by	Hiroto Yokokawa Kazuma Yoneyama Takuma Asai Avery Guerra
Starring	Yukijirō Hotaru Mai Saito Mach Fumiake Shirō Sano
Music by	Takuya Imahori Michiaki Watanabe
Production companies	3Y Film Kadokawa
Distributed by	3Y Film
Release dates	December 19, 2020 (2020-12-19) (Tokyo) January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16) (Japan)
Running time	55 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥3.5 million[1][2]

Plot

Cast

• Yukijirō Hotaru as Nagano^[3]
• Kazuma Yoneyama as Yukawa^[3][4]
• Norman England as Schmidt
• Ippei Osako as Shigeo^[3][5]
• Yoshiro Uchida as Takiyama^[3]
• Shirō Sano as Azuma^[6][7]
• Noboru Sato as Muraoka^[8]
• Mai Saito as Junko^[9][10]
• Mach Fumiake^[11] as Monto^[12]
• Masanori Kikuzawa as Tsukaji^[3]
• Himawari Ono as Sachiko^[13]
• Bin Furuya as Oyaji^[6][14]
• Akira Ohashi as Mammoth Nezura^[15]

Production

On December 7, 2020, Takuya Imahori and Michiaki Watanabe were announced as the film's composers.^[16]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
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

Theatrical

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

The film was released to DVD in Japan in January 2021^[2] and will soon be released in North America by SRS Cinema.^[17]

Giant Horde Beast Nezura

Giant Horde Beast Nezura^[18] (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.^[19] 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

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

• The Great Buddha Arrival
• Gamera
• Godzilla
• Pulgasari

References

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10. "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.
11. "Gamera Legend Mach Fumiake Joins Cast of NEZURA 1964!". 15 June 2020.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. "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.
15. "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.
16. 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)
17. Keith. "SRS Cinema Secures THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL and NEZURA 1964 For North American Distribution!". www.scifijapan.com. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
18. LeMay, John (2019). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Roswell, NM: Bicep Books. ISBN 978-1701683945.
19. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Official website Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Nezura 1964 at IMDb