Saikin-rettō

Saikin-rettō
Saikin-rettō
	Theatrical poster
Directed by
Written by	Jun Tsugita; (novel)
Starring	Naoto Takenaka; ; Saori Hara;
Release date	4 April 2009;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Saikin-rettō (細菌列島)^[1] is a 2009 Japanese comedy film. It stars comedian Naoto Takenaka as "the General", the dictator of a fictional Asian country, which parodies the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.^[2] The film also parodies the 2009 Japanese disaster film Pandemic.^[3]

Plot[]

A mysterious virus with the 100% mortality rate spreads across Japan. Everyone infected with this virus dies without exception, screaming and their heads exploding. After the explosion, their faces turn into a smiling face which strongly resembles Kim Jong-il.^[2]^[3]

Notes and references[]

^ Roughly translated, Archipelago of Virus. The film does not have an official English title yet.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 김정일 패러디영화 '세균열도'...후계자 구도 미리 다뤄 화제 (in Korean). . 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 竹中直人「キタ」の将軍様…「感染列島」パロディー「細菌列島」. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009.

External links[]

Official site (in Japanese)
Saikin retto at IMDb

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[1] Roughly translated, Archipelago of Virus. The film does not have an official English title yet.

[sports_seoul-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b 김정일 패러디영화 '세균열도'...후계자 구도 미리 다뤄 화제 (in Korean). . 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.

[Hochi-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b 竹中直人「キタ」の将軍様…「感染列島」パロディー「細菌列島」. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009.

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