Detoroito Metaru Shiti (2008)

Director:

Toshio Lee

Writers:

Kiminori Wakasugi (manga)
Mika Omori (adaptation)

Release Date:

23 August 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Plot:

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop...

Plot Keywords:

Metal | Death Metal | Japan | Tokyo Japan | Slapstick

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Soichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Yoshihiko Hosoda	...	Masayuki Wada / Alexander Jaggi
Ryûji Akiyama	...	Terumichi Nishida / Camus
Rosa Kato	...	Yuri Aikawa
Yasuko Matsuyuki	...	Boss
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ken Ayugai
Cynthia Cheston	...	Reporter
Niclas Ericsson	...	Journalist
Ryo Kato	...	Toshihiko Negishi
Minami	...	Nina
Yoshiko Miyazaki	...	Keiko Negishi
Masami Nagasawa
Yôsuke Ôchi	...	Susumu 'Kiba' Kibayashi
Yoshinori Okada	...	Detroit Metal City fan
Koji Okura	...	Detroit Metal City fan
Nobuhiko Ôtani	...	DJ Raika
Gregory Pekar	...	Journalist
Gene Simmons	...	Jack Il Dark
Kazuma Suzuki	...	Hidetaka Asato
Issei Takahashi	...	Hidenori Saji
Laura Windrath	...	Kennie Il Dark

Also Known As:

Detroit Metal City (International: English title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:G | Hong Kong:IIB | Taiwan:PG-12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Oita, Japan

Company:

Dentsu

Movie Connections:

References Kung fu (2004)

An interesting story of a pop loving death metal musician

In order to accomplish his dream, to become a fashionable pop music singer, Soichi Negishi leaves his hometown and in Tokyo he studies Music while he makes also friendships with other people of his music delight.Though after his graduation he finds himself as the vocalist of a widely known demonic metal band,called Detroit Metal City. While he tries to find out where he made it all wrong,he learns what it really is to be a musician. This movie is a very good example of Japanese humour based on conflicts. I must confess that to me the story was not that attractive at first but after watching it I saw that I was totally wrong. The story contained a balanced amount of romance,humour and a very good catchword. Not only the shot but also the music was pretty good, and the acting of Ken'ichi Matsuyama was eye catching. I have seen other movies of him and I think that this one is of one his best performances,since he acted such different characters from before. The costumes and stages were pretty successful as well. I am neither a pop lover nor am I a heavy metal fan but I have to admit that I sometimes mutter the main song of the band...