Movies / Big Man Japan (2007) aka Dai-Nihonjin

6/10

Runtime: 113 min

Genres: Comedy Sci-Fi

Languages: Japanese

Countries: Japan


Director Hitoshi Matsumoto weaves this darkly comic mockumentary about a Japanese giant who continues the long-standing family tradition of facing off against Tokyo's most formidable monsters. Constantly caught in the middle of everyone's battles, Daisato finds his sincere efforts to keep the peace repeatedly belittled; he's divorced, his neighbors have covered his house in graffiti, and he gets nothing but dirty looks when he walks down the street. When we first meet Daisato, he is the subject of a television documentary. Though on the surface Daisato may seem like your average, slightly unkempt salaryman -- completely unremarkable in all respects -- it soon becomes apparent just how deceiving first impressions can be. After lamenting on camera the fact that he never gets any vacation time due to frequent calls from the Defense Department, the camera follows Daisato as he rides his motorbike to a Tokyo power plant, receives the jolt of electricity that transforms him into a hulking superhuman crime fighter, and clashes with a gargantuan leviathan intent on destroying Tokyo. Daisato comes from a long line of heroic heavyweights, yet while his ancestors were once championed with parades for their noble efforts, public interest in giant invaders has waned and Daisato has become something of a joke to the citizens of Tokyo. Not only is the noise generated by Daisato's battles regarded as a public nuisance, the property damage that he causes while defending the city has the citizens downright angry. Now, as Daisato attempts to balance his responsibilities to his ex-wife, his daughter, his agent, and his senile grandfather, the crushing weight of both his personal and professional obligations simply becomes too much to bear. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi


Directors (1) Credit
Hitoshi Matsumoto ...
Writers (2) Credit
Hitoshi Matsumoto (written by) &
Mitsuyoshi Takasu (written by)
Composers (1) Credit
Towa Tei ...
Editors (1) Credit
Soichi Ueno ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Hideo Yamamoto ...
Actors (99) Credit
Ai Nagano Don't Touch Me (voice)
Akihiro Ugajin ...
Aki Miyazoe ...
Atsuko Nakamura Bar Proprietress Azusa
Atsuo Tanaka Kantô District Security Guard
Aya Andô ...
Ayumi Takagi ...
Daisuke Hôrai ...
Daisuke Miyagawa Super Justice
Daisuke Nagakura Daisatô's Grandfather - Younger
Daisuke Takayama ...
Eiji Mochizuki ...
Fumio Kobayashi ...
Fusako Yuzawa ...
Haruka Unabara Shimeru-no-jû
Hidetoshi Ito (as Hidetoshi Itô)
Hideyuki Satô ...
Hiroko Nohara ...
Hiroko Toda Bandaged Handsome Boy
Hiroyuki Hasebe ...
Hiroyuki Miyasako Stay With Me
Hisao Kanno ...
Hitoshi Matsumoto Masaru Daisatô / Dai-Nihonjin
Itsuji Itao Female Niou-no-jû
Jeong-Suk O. Announcer (as Jonsuku O)
Junshirô Hayama Shintô Priest
Kaho Okajima Daisatô's Daughter
Katsumune Ônuki ...
Katsuo Niijima ...
Katsura Ôtsuka ...
Kazuhiko Takeuchi ...
Kazuya Shimizu ...
Keidai Yano Young Daisatô
Keiko Kurachi ...
Kenji Motomiya ...
Kiyohiko Imai ...
Kiyozumi Honda Super Defense Team
Kôichi Itô ...
Kôichi Kitamura Commander 1
Kômei Niitora ...
Kyoko Hayami (as Kyôko Hayami)
Masafumi Kanai ...
Masayuki Sekine Ex-wife's Boyfriend
Miho Silica Nakajima (as Miho Shirika Nakajima)
Miku Yoshikawa ...
Mitsuko Kobayashi ...
Motohiro Toriki Daisatô's Father
Naoji Kodama ...
Natsuho Ariga ...
Nobuhiro Fujita ...
Nobuo Furushô ...
Noriaki Sekiguchi ...
Norihito Kobari ...
Noriko Hayashi ...
Norio Nakayama Commander 2
Reiko Nakaoka ...
Riki Takeuchi Haneru-no-jû
Roselyn Yoshio Nîna (as Rozerin Yoshio)
Ryôji Okamoto ...
Ryôsuke Makioka ...
Ryûnosuke Kamiki Warabe-no-jû
Ryushin Tei ...
Sachi Igarashi ...
Sachiko Kitamura ...
Salam Diagne Super Justice's Father (as Saramu Jânyu)
Sanryô Odaka ...
Satoshi Fujimura ...
Satoya Ishii Super Defense Team
Seijirô Nakamura Super Defense Team
Seiji Yajima ...
Shion Machida Daisatô's Ex-wife
Shunji Ishii ...
Shunsaku Yajima Pilot
Susumu Sobue ...
Tadashi Munesue ...
Taichi Yazaki Daisatô's Grandfather
Takashi Hoshino ...
Takayoshi Tanimoto ...
Takayuki Haranishi Male Niou-no-jû
Takumi Akama ...
Takumi Matsumoto ...
Takuya Hashimoto Midon
Tatsuhiro Kaikô ...
Tatsuya Ôba Convenience Store Clerk
Tetsuya Kume Taxi Driver
Tomoji Hasegawa Interviewer / Director
Toshihiro Koike Udon Noodle Shop Owner
Toshimichi Tazaki ...
Ua Manager Kobori
Yasuhiro Koshi ...
Yasuhiro Roppongi Don't Touch Me
Yasushi Kuroki ...
Yoshihiro Kasuya Care Worker
Yoshihisa Shimazaki ...
Yoshio Takahashi Security Guard in Mikawa
Yuka Kamebuchi ...
Yûki Baba Super Defense Team
Yumiko Ise Kyôko
Yutaka Mishima Midon - CGI