Two of most renowned characteristics of the Japanese people are their love for manga/anime and their inherent persistence and methodic way of doing things that lets them go to “places” others would not even dream of going. In case you have not heard, these two aspects are now coming together in the construction of a real life Gundam robot, but this is not the only example. The Maeda Corporation Fantasy Marketing Department is a team of five engineers from the aforementioned civil engineering company, whose members, back in 2004, released an essay online outlining what it would take to build Mazinger Z’s iconic hangar—which includes an elevator rising up through a swimming pool that splits in half. Now, more than 15 years later, their effort has been turned into a movie, that also features the creator of the original manga, Go Nagai, in a cameo.
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- 8/30/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Reiji (Ikuta Tôma) is possibly the more helpless member of the Japanese Police force; the full-on opening of the movie with a naked Reiji, covered only with a fig-leave-sized piece of newspaper and strapped to the hood of a car driven at top speed, leaves no doubts about the protagonist’s ineptitude and the silly tone of the film. Fast-rewind to few days before, and we see policeman Reiji in action. His actions are driven by righteousness but his clumsiness ends up giving no other choices to his superiors than to fire him, after his attempt to arrest an “untouchable” city councilor.
But – thinking again – who better than an incompetent loser can infiltrate the Yakuza without arising suspicions and carry on a potentially suicide mission without even realising? Following this train of thoughts, Reiji’s superiors decide to recycle him as a mole in the heinous Sukiya-kai yakuza clan,...
But – thinking again – who better than an incompetent loser can infiltrate the Yakuza without arising suspicions and carry on a potentially suicide mission without even realising? Following this train of thoughts, Reiji’s superiors decide to recycle him as a mole in the heinous Sukiya-kai yakuza clan,...
- 12/14/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Ryuta Sato and Yusuke Kamiji have been cast as the leads in Manzai Gang, the second film by Yoshimoto Kogyo-repped comedian Hiroshi Shinagawa.
“Drop” was based on Shinagawa’s autobiographical novel recounting his high school days when he was inspired to become a delinquent by the shonen manga “Be-Bop High School”. The film went on to earn over $20 million at the box office for Kadokawa, so they started planning a film adaptation of his followup book as soon as it was published.
In “Manzai Gang”, Sato plays a professional comedian named Kurosawa who’s been part of an established manzai comedy duo for 10 years. However, his partner suddenly decides to quit when their popularity begins to slide. After drowning his his sorrows with booze, Kurosawa winds up getting himself in trouble and is locked up in a detention center. While there, he meets a tough-looking prisoner named Onizuka (Kamiji) who...
“Drop” was based on Shinagawa’s autobiographical novel recounting his high school days when he was inspired to become a delinquent by the shonen manga “Be-Bop High School”. The film went on to earn over $20 million at the box office for Kadokawa, so they started planning a film adaptation of his followup book as soon as it was published.
In “Manzai Gang”, Sato plays a professional comedian named Kurosawa who’s been part of an established manzai comedy duo for 10 years. However, his partner suddenly decides to quit when their popularity begins to slide. After drowning his his sorrows with booze, Kurosawa winds up getting himself in trouble and is locked up in a detention center. While there, he meets a tough-looking prisoner named Onizuka (Kamiji) who...
- 5/5/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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