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松本人志Screenplay:
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山本英夫Cast:
松本人志, Itsuji Itao, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, 竹内力, テイ龍進, 宮川大輔, Seijirô Nakamura, Takayuki Haranishi, Shunsaku YajimaPlots(1)
A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisatos job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters. But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the noise and destruction of property he causes. And Daisato has his own problems - an agent insistent on branding him with sponsor advertisements, an Alzheimer-afflicted grandfather who transforms into a giant in dirty underwear, and a family who is embarrassed by his often cowardly exploits. A wickedly deadpan spin on the giant Japanese superhero, BIG MAN JAPAN is an outrageous portrait of a pathetic but truly unique hero. (official distributor synopsis)
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The film is unoriginal, but that's its charm. It's a classic kaiju film where the fight scenes are actually an arena. But it's also a personal drama that is being filmed on camera like a reality show about one very extraordinary person. This is such a wonderfully offbeat film that I simply can't help but watch it with delight and rate it very highly. But you have to have the temperament for it.
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At first glance basically a pretty boring mockumentary, but if you imagine the 大日本人 [“Big Japan"] without the 人 [“Man"], it becomes a story about the Empire of Japan and immediately takes on a new dimension. Still, I believe it's a rather hard film to digest.
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