Tre supermen a Tokio (1968)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Bitto Albertini

Writers:

Bitto Albertini (writer)
Mario Amendola (screenplay)

Release Date:

19 July 1968 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure

Cast

George Martin	...	Teniente Martin
Sal Borgese	...	Dick (as Dick Gordon)
Willi Colombini	...	Willy (as Willy Newcomb)
Gloria Paul	...	Gloria
Elisabetta Wu	...	Yamita (as Lisabeth Whu)
Mino Doro	...	Jacob Ferré
Michele Malaspina
Edoardo Toniolo
Heidi Fischer	...	Janet (as Heidy Fischer)
Attilio Severini	...	Henchmen Chief
Michael Lenz		(as Michael Lentz)
Paul Müller
Consalvo Dell'Arti
Valerio Tordi
Antonio Corevi

Also Known As:

Drei tolle Kerle (West Germany)
Tre supermen a Tokyo (Italy) (alternative spelling)

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Company:

Cinesecolo

Movie Connections:

Followed by Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della giungla? (1970)

early Japanese superheroes? Not quite!

Another addition to Italy's (and Turkey's, and Germany's, since the films were all co-productions shot in numerous countries) long-running martial arts superhero series. Being shot partially in Japan, I had higher expectations for this rare movie. But assuming there's such a thing as an English-dubbed version to be called THREE SUPERMEN IN TOKYO, I got stuck sitting through some foreign-language print I couldn't understand, so the dialogue and jokes went right passed me. I could tell, however that only portions were shot in Japan, because some of the time we get white actors (ala' Mr. Moto) carrying samurai swords despite the modern setting, and trying unsuccessfully to look Japanese.

Unless you're fluent in whatever language your pirated bootleg (to the best of my knowledge, there are no legitimate releases of the film)is in, THREE SUPERMEN IN TOKYO isn't worth the effort of tracking down. But if like me you're a completest & fan of the whole series and can't get enough comedy and acrobatic karate spatterings, then go for it. This humorous adventure is pretty amusing, especially at the end when some mad scientist's machine reduces the size of our three superheroes so that they're played by kids! It's worth a chuckle, but not as fun as the original THREE FANTASTIC SUPERMEN or THREE SUPERMEN IN THE JUNGLE.