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Directed by
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Hitoshi Matsumoto
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Producer
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Akihiko Okamoto, Yasushi Minatoya (executive)
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Written by
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Hitoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Takasu
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Box office
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$9,694,904 (Japan Earnings) $70,681 (Foreign Earnings) $9,765,585 (Total Earnings)
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Running time
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113 minutes (1 hour, 53 minutes)
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Plot
A documentary film crew interviews and follows Masaru Daisato, the sixth and current member in a family line of supernatural protectors of Japan who can temporarily grow into giants when infused with electrical energy. Despite the fame and admiration the previous guardians of Japan have garnered, defending the nation from various monsters of similar sizes, by Masaru's time the position is seen as old hat by the jaded Japanese public and controversial by an extremely critical Japanese media even though giant monsters still appear and menace the land on a near weekly basis. It also doesn't help matters that Masaru himself is something of a loser, an unkempt divorced father living alone with an timid and lazy demeanor, that only adds fuel to the criticisms especially when compared to his far more successful late father, The Fifth, and his still living grandfather, The Fourth, who has succumbed to mental illness in his older age.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Written by Hitoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuyoshi Takasu
- Executive producing by Yasushi Minatoya
- Produced by Akihiko Okamoto
- Music by Towa Tei
- Cinematography by Hideo Yamamoto
- Edited by Soichi Ueno
- Production design by Etsuko Aiko, Yuji Hayashida
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Hitoshi Matsumoto as Masaru Daisato / Big Man Japan
- Riki Takeuchi as Haneru-no-ju
- Ua as Manager Kobori
- Ryûnosuke Kamiki as Warabe-no-ju
- Haruka Unabara as Shimeru-no-ju
- Tomoji Hasegawa as Interviewer / Director
- Itsuji Itao as Female Niou-no-ju
- Hiroyuki Miyasako as Stay With Me
- Takayuki Haranishi as Male Niou-no-ju
- Daisuke Miyagawa as Super Justice
- Takuya Hashimoto as Midon
- Taichi Yazaki as Daisato's Grandfather
- Shion Machida as Daisato's Ex-wife
- Atsuko Nakamura as Bar Proprietress Azusa
- Daisuke Nagakura as Daisato's Grandfather - Younger
- Motohiro Toriki as Daisato's Father
- Keidai Yano as Young Daisato
- Junshiro Hayama as Shinto Priest
- Koichi Kitamura as Commander 1
- Norio Nakayama as Commander 2
- Toshihiro Koike as Udon Noodle Shop Owner
- Atsuo Tanaka as Kanto District Security Guard
- Yoshio Takahashi as Security Guard in Mikawa
- Yoshihiro Kasuya as Care Worker
- Yumiko Ise as Kyoko
- Roselyn Yoshio as Nina
- Kaho Okajima as Daisato's Daughter
- Jeong-Suk O. as Announcer
- Yoshihisa Shimazaki
- Katsumune Onuki
- Norihito Kobari
- Masayuki Sekine as Daisato's Ex-Wife's Boyfriend
- Takumi Matsumoto
- Ryushin Tei
- Tatsuya Oba as Convenience Store Clerk
- Salam Diagne as Super Justice's Father (as Saramu Jânyu)
- Yasuhiro Roppongi as Don't Touch Me
- Yutaka Mishima as Midon - CGI
- Hidetoshi Ito
- Ai Nagano as Don't Touch Me (voice)
- Kiyozumi Honda as Super Defense Team
- Satoya Ishii as Super Defense Team
- Seijiro Nakamura as Super Defense Team
- Shunsaku Yajima as Pilot
- Hiroko Toda as Bandaged Handsome Boy
- Tetsuya Kume as Taxi Driver
- Yuka Kamebuchi
- Hiroko Nohara
- Miho Silica Nakajima
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- Keiko Kurachi
- Sachi Igarashi
- Katsura Otsuka
- Ayumi Takagi
- Nobuo Furusho
- Satoshi Fujimura
- Hisao Kanno
- Daisuke Takayama
- Sanryo Odaka
- Katsuo Niijima
- Takumi Akama
- Ryosuke Makioka
- Aya Ando
- 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
- Aki Miyazoe
- Miku Yoshikawa
- Yasuhiro Koshi
- Kazuya Shimizu
- Kenji Motomiya
- Seiji Yajima
- Ryoji Okamoto
- Toshimichi Tazaki
- Nobuhiro Fujita
- Hiroyuki Hasebe
- Takayoshi Tanimoto
- Yasushi Kuroki
- Daisuke Horai
- Koichi Ito
- Hideyuki Sato
- Kiyohiko Imai
- Akihiro Ugajin
- Kazuhiko Takeuchi
- Komei Niitora
- Noriaki Sekiguchi
- Takashi Hoshino
- Masafumi Kanai
- Tatsuhiro Kaiko
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Appearances
Monsters
- Big Man Japan
- The Fourth
- The Fifth
- Evil Stare Monster
- Leaping Monster
- Child Monster
- Strangling Monster
- Female Stink Monster
- Male Stink Monster
- Midon
- Super Justice
- Super Justice's Father
- Stay With Me
- Don't Touch Me
- Baby Justice
Weapons, Vehicles, and Races
- SDT patrol car
- SDT fighter jet
Production
American Remake
Because of the film's positive reception during its limited but lengthy theatrical run in America, Columbia Pictures optioned a remake with Neil H. Moritz attached as producer and Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi taking on screenwriting duties.[1] The project went silent after its initial 2011 announcement but in 2013, the screenwriters gave the news site Collider an update on the remake was still in the works. Afterwards, however, the planned American remake virtually vanished into Development Hell and is widely believed to have been quietly killed off.
Marketing
Gallery
Soundtrack
Theatrical Releases
U.S. Release
Alternate Titles
Box Office
Reception
Awards
- Asian Film Awards - Best Visual Effects (Nominated)
- Cannes Film Festival - C.I.C.A.E. Award, Golden Camera (Nominated)
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival - Best Film (Nominated)
Video Releases
Videos
Trailers
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Japanese Big Man Japan trailer
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American Big Man Japan trailer
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Clips
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Clip #1 - "The Strangling Monster"
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Clip #2 - "Becoming Big Man Japan"
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Clip #3 - "The Leaping Monster"
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Clip #4 - "Kaiju Grandpa"
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Clip #5 - "The Evil Stare Monster"
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Clip #6 - "The Stink Monster"
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Clip #7 - "The Child Monster"
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Clip #8 - "Grandpa vs. The Evil Red"
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Clip #10 - "Super Justice Beating"
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Trivia
External Links
References