My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

May 18, 2005

1h 47m

★ 7.2

Overview

A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infection filled with fear and despair. The media calls the disease the "Lemming Syndrome".

Genres

Science Fiction

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Rumble Fish

VAP

Tokyo FM

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Cast

Mizui

Tadanobu Asano

Hana

Aoi Miyazaki

Asuhara

Masaya Nakahara

Natsuishi

Masahiro Toda

Miyagi

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Navi

Mariko Okada

Eriko

Erika Oda

Miyazawa

Yūsuke Kawazu

Kazemoto

Shingo Tsurumi

Shungicu Uchida

Yūko Mano

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