Supêsutoraberâzu (2000)

Director:

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Writers:

Magy (based on a story by) and
Yoshikazu Okada (writer)

Release Date:

8 April 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | Bank Robber | Stockholm Syndrome | Paradise | Satire

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro	...	Nishiyama ("Hayabusa Jetter")
Eri Fukatsu	...	Midori ("Irene Bear")
Masanobu Ando	...	Makoto Fujimoto ("Black Cat")
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi	...	Takamura ("Dragon Attack")
Sawa Suzuki	...	Kimiko Fukaura ("Gold Papillon")
Masahiro Komoto	...	Takahiro Shimizu ("Karl Hendrix")
Teruo Takeno	...	Shintaro Kurasawa ("Electric Sunny")
Koh Takasugi	...	SAT Taicho
Shigemitsu Ogi	...	SIT Taicho
Isao Nonaka	...	Det. Arai
Yôzaburô Itô	...	Det. Nishikawa
Seiko Takada	...	Band manager
Toshio Kakei	...	Koichi Fukaura ("Hoi")
Jovijova	...	J-Six Babys
Chikara Ishikura	...	J-Six Babys

Also Known As:

Space Travelers (International: English title)

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Quotes:

Fujimoto: Hello?
Sudo: Inspector Sudo speaking. You're not the same man. Who are you?
Fujimoto: I'm..."Black Cat."
Sudo: Black Cat?
Fujimoto: That's right!
Sudo: Where's the man we spoke to the first time?
Fujimoto: "Hayabusa-Jetter" is not available.
Sudo: I see. So... Sakamaki is this "Hayabusa-Jetter," is he?
Fujimoto: No! He's "The Crusher."
Sudo: "Crusher?" Stop jerking us around! Identify yourselves!
[...]

It really plays around with your emotion

I can't believe how I've been refraining myself from watching this movie the first time I'd heard of it. From the title 'Space Travelers', I thought that it's going to be somewhat a science fiction movie. But it turned out that it had nothing to do with space...or traveling through it!

I rent this movie from a rental nearby. I rented it just because it's a Japanese movie, yes...I'm a Japan freak...nevertheless, I was the most reluctant to watch this movie, aside from my other rented titles at the time. But from the moment I started to get into the picture, I couldn't get my eyes off the TV set not for once. The comedy is really great, the pacing is great also and not to mention the ending. Although many would say that the ending sucked...but I really liked it. It really serves up to the Japanese melodramatic spirit, if you know what I mean. If you pay attention, most of Japanese drama's ended in a very unsuspected yet realistic way.

Anyhow, this movie really deserves the credit for being able to capture one's emotions and drag the audiences' feelings to it. Although you've never robbed a bank (or ever will), you're still able to relate with the characters in the movies, their dreams, their desire of doing something really meaningful, even in the most absurd ways. I'd give this movie 5 out of 5 stars! ^_^