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Dai-Nihonjin (2007) -- An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings.
Dai-Nihonjin (2007) -- A man transforms into a giant to fight monsters invading Tokyo in this Mockumentary
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   806 votes
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Director:
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Writers:
Hitoshi Matsumoto (written by) &
Mitsuyoshi Takasu (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 2007 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(71 articles)
Japanese superhero spoof Big Man Japan: Review
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Japanese superhero spoof Big Man Japan: Review
 (From 24FramesPerSecond. 25 September 2009, 12:57 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
too bad the director was not here to explain more (19 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Hitoshi Matsumoto ... Masaru Daisatô / Dai-Nihonjin
Riki Takeuchi ... Haneru-no-jû
Ua ... Manager Kobori
Ryûnosuke Kamiki ... Warabe-no-jû
Haruka Unabara ... Shimeru-no-jû
Tomoji Hasegawa ... Interviewer / Director
Itsuji Itao ... Female Niou-no-jû
Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Stay With Me
Takayuki Haranishi ... Male Niou-no-jû
Daisuke Miyagawa ... Super Justice
Takuya Hashimoto ... Midon
Taichi Yazaki ... Daisatô's Grandfather
Shion Machida ... Daisatô's Ex-wife
Atsuko Nakamura ... Bar Proprietress Azusa
Daisuke Nagakura ... Daisatô's Grandfather - Younger
Motohiro Toriki ... Daisatô's Father
Keidai Yano ... Young Daisatô
Junshirô Hayama ... Shintô Priest
Kôichi Kitamura ... Commander 1
Norio Nakayama ... Commander 2
Toshihiro Koike ... Udon Noodle Shop Owner
Atsuo Tanaka ... Kantô District Security Guard
Yoshio Takahashi ... Security Guard in Mikawa
Yoshihiro Kasuya ... Care Worker
Yumiko Ise ... Kyôko
Roselyn Yoshio ... Nîna (as Rozerin Yoshio)
Kaho Okajima ... Daisatô's Daughter
Jeong-Suk O. ... Announcer (as Jonsuku O)
Yoshihisa Shimazaki
Katsumune Ônuki
Norihito Kobari
Masayuki Sekine ... Ex-wife's Boyfriend
Takumi Matsumoto

Ryushin Tei
Tatsuya Ôba ... Convenience Store Clerk
Salam Diagne ... Super Justice's Father (as Saramu Jânyu)
Yasuhiro Roppongi ... Don't Touch Me
Yutaka Mishima ... Midon - CGI
Hidetoshi Ito (as Hidetoshi Itô)
Ai Nagano ... Don't Touch Me (voice)
Kiyozumi Honda ... Super Defense Team
Satoya Ishii ... Super Defense Team
Seijirô Nakamura ... Super Defense Team
Yûki Baba ... Super Defense Team
Shunsaku Yajima ... Pilot
Hiroko Toda ... Bandaged Handsome Boy
Tetsuya Kume ... Taxi Driver
Yuka Kamebuchi
Hiroko Nohara
Miho Silica Nakajima (as Miho Shirika Nakajima)
Keiko Kurachi
Sachi Igarashi
Katsura Ôtsuka
Ayumi Takagi
Nobuo Furushô
Satoshi Fujimura
Hisao Kanno
Daisuke Takayama
Sanryô Odaka
Katsuo Niijima
Takumi Akama
Ryosuke Makioka (as Ryôsuke Makioka)
Aya Andô
Natsuho Ariga
Sachiko Kitamura
Fusako Yuzawa
Shunji Ishii
Noriko Hayashi
Naoji Kodama
Tadashi Munesue
Mitsuko Kobayashi
Eiji Mochizuki
Fumio Kobayashi
Reiko Nakaoka
Susumu Sobue
Kyoko Hayami (as Kyôko Hayami)
Aki Miyazoe
Miku Yoshikawa
Yasuhiro Koshi
Kazuya Shimizu
Kenji Motomiya
Seiji Yajima
Ryôji Okamoto
Toshimichi Tazaki
Nobuhiro Fujita
Hiroyuki Hasebe
Takayoshi Tanimoto
Yasushi Kuroki
Daisuke Hôrai
Kôichi Itô
Hideyuki Satô
Kiyohiko Imai
Akihiro Ugajin
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
Kômei Niitora
Noriaki Sekiguchi
Takashi Hoshino
Masafumi Kanai
Tatsuhiro Kaikô
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Directed by
Hitoshi Matsumoto 
 
Writing credits
Hitoshi Matsumoto (written by) &
Mitsuyoshi Takasu (written by)

Produced by
Hitoshi Matsumoto .... planner
Yoshiya Nagasawa .... associate producer
Akihiro Okamoto .... producer (as Akihiko Okamoto)
Hiroshi Osaki .... executive producer
Hisaya Shiraiwa .... executive producer
Isao Yoshino .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Towa Tei 
 
Cinematography by
Hideo Yamamoto 
 
Film Editing by
Soichi Ueno 
 
Production Design by
Etsuko Aikou 
Yuji Hayashida 
 
Sound Department
Mitsugu Shiratori .... sound
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Big Man Japan (USA)
Dai-Nipponjin (Japan) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and crude humor.
Runtime:
113 min | Canada:113 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
RealProduct more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Spoofs "Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966) more
Soundtrack:
Dera amôre more

FAQ

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10 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
too bad the director was not here to explain, 17 September 2007
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Author: dumsumdumfai from Canada

What a mishmash of genre... documentary cross Japanese monster cross x comedy. Saw this at Toronto film fest 2007.

The monsters are unlike any you'll see. The hero for that matter is just as ... UNcommon. The plot is done in documentary style, maybe to 'say' something. I can't help but see the social (hero concept, TV rating, previous working generation, athletes, respect for elderly...etc ) , political (U.S. influence, gay rights, environmental ..et), commentaries. But are they intended or just detail satirical touch-ups by a clever director? Even the subtitle tries to translates the banners, graffiti, and what not. The director has a unusual sense of humor -- the truth and practical matters in things. And that's quite a departure.

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