History Film / PropheciesOfNostradamus

* BrokenAesop: The movie heavily emphasizes its GreenAesop but [[CluelessAesop the nihilistic tone of the film's 'prophecy' gimmick undermines the message that our choices determine our planet's future.]]

''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' is a 1974 Japanese science fiction DisasterMovie produced by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]], directed by Toshio Masuda, with special effects supervised by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film stars Tetsuro Tamba as Dr. Nishiyama, a scientist whose family has passed down the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} prophecies of Nostradamus]] in Japan for generations. In the main narrative, in the years leading up to 1999, innumerable ecological disasters and famines run rampant, before culminating in the destruction of most life itself from a great, final nuclear war. The film also presents a view of the social implications that would arise during such catastrophes. The film has gained a reputable cult status after Toho placed a permanent self-enforced ban on the film after multiple complaints from nuclear disease activists (including outright offending the survivors of the Atomic Bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) for its portrayal of irradiated humans as mindless monsters all but ensuring it'll never be released again, making this one of the most sought-after films of Toho's library next to ''Submersion of Japan'' [[note]]which also starred Tamba who played the Japanese Prime Minister [[/note]] which was released the previous year.

''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' is a 1974 Japanese science fiction DisasterMovie produced by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]], directed by Toshio Masuda, with special effects supervised by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film stars Tetsuro Tamba as Dr. Nishiyama, a scientist whose family has passed down the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} prophecies of Nostradamus]] in Japan for generations. In the main narrative, in the years leading up to 1999, innumerable ecological disasters and famines run rampant, before culminating in the destruction of most life itself from a great, final nuclear war. The film also presents a view of the social implications that would arise during such catastrophes. The film has gained a reputable cult status after Toho placed a permanent self-enforced ban on the film after multiple complaints from nuclear disease activists for its portrayal of irradiated humans as mindless monsters all but ensuring it'll never be released again, making this one of the most sought-after films of Toho's library next to ''Submersion of Japan'' [[note]]also starred Tamba who played the Japanese Prime Minister [[/note]] which was released the previous year.

* BrokenAesop: The movie heavily emphasizes its GreenAesop but [[CluelessAesop the nihilistic tone of the film's 'prophecy' gimmick undermines the message that our choices determine our planets future.]]

''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' is a 1974 Japanese science fiction DisasterMovie produced by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]], directed by Toshio Masuda, with special effects supervised by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film stars Tetsuro Tamba as Dr. Nishiyama, a scientist whose family has passed down the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} prophecies of Nostradamus]] in Japan for generations. In the main narrative, in the years leading up to 1999, innumerable ecological disasters and famines run rampant, before culminating in the destruction of most life itself from a great, final nuclear war. The film also presents a view of the social implications that would arise during such catastrophes. The film has gained a reputable cult status after Toho placed a permanent self-enforced ban on the film after multiple complaints from nuclear disease activists for its portrayal of irradiated humans as mindless monsters all but ensuring it'll never be released again, making this one of the most sought-after films of Toho's library next to ''Submersion of Japan'' which was released the previous year.

''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' is a 1974 Japanese science fiction DisasterMovie produced by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]], directed by Toshio Masuda, with special effects supervised by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film stars Tetsuro Tamba as Dr. Nishiyama, a scientist whose family has passed down the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} prophecies of Nostradamus]] in Japan for generations. In the main narrative, in the years leading up to 1999, innumerable ecological disasters and famines run rampant, before culminating in the destruction of most life itself from a great, final nuclear war. The film also presents a view of the social implications that would arise during such catastrophes. The film has gained a reputable cult status after Toho placed a self-enforced ban on the film after multiple complaints from nuclear disease activists for its portrayal of irradiated humans as mindless monsters.

''Prophecies of Nostradamus'' is a 1974 Japanese science fiction DisasterMovie produced by [[Creator/{{Toho}} Toho Co., Ltd.]], directed by Toshio Masuda, with special effects supervised by Teruyoshi Nakano. The film stars Tetsuro Tamba as Dr. Nishiyama, a scientist whose family has passed down the [[UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} prophecies of Nostradamus]] in Japan for generations. In the main narrative, in the years leading up to 1999, innumerable ecological disasters and famines run rampant, before culminating in the destruction of most life itself from a great, final nuclear war. The film also presents a view of the social implications that would arise during such catastrophes. The film has gained a reputable cult status after Toho placed a self-enforced ban on the film after multiple complaints from nuclear disease activists, due to the gruesome depictions of radiation affected humans in the picture.

* MoralGuardians: The film was cut down from 114 to 90 minutes after complaints about the disturbing depictions of radiation survivors and human mutations arose. Like ''Film/HalfHuman'' and ''[[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]]'' (the latter of which was later unbanned), the film was shelved by Toho themselves in 1980 and has remained unreleased on video in Japan, although they did get real close in 1988, when a screener of the uncut version was leaked.

* ApocalypseHow: Of the class 3a variety, backed by class 0s up to the final nuclear war.[[spoiler:Or it would have been that way, had the whole thing not turned out to be AllJustADream]].

* MoralGuardians: The film was cut down from 114 to 90 minutes after complaints about the disturbing depictions of radiation survivors and human mutations arose. Like ''Half Human'' and ''[[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]]'' (the latter of which was later unbanned), the film was shelved by Toho themselves in 1980 and has remained unreleased on video in Japan, although they did get real close in 1988, when a screener of the uncut version was leaked.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: ''The Last Days of Planet Earth'' adds new narration over all of the prophecies and several monologue scenes, while cutting the already cut export version to about 72 minutes, while adding more footage from the uncut 114 minute version. The ending is also reedited significantly, with a laughable montage of alternately "good" and "bad" things augmented by the new narration.

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: The ozone layer can only develop holes in the Arctic regions, and that would happen over months or years, not instantly. Many [=SSTs=] blowing up at the same time would never cause ozone depletion over the skies of the Pacific (or anywhere but the poles) to the extent that can cause instant third-degree burns or spontaneous combustion.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: The highway traffic jam explosion sequence, which was reused in ''Deathquake'' and ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla''.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Nobuo Nishiyama, Dr. Ryougen Nishiyama's wife.