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Dai-Nihonjin (2007) -- An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   823 votes
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Director:
Hitoshi Matsumoto
Writers:
Hitoshi Matsumoto (written by) &
Mitsuyoshi Takasu (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 June 2007 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(71 articles)
Japanese superhero spoof Big Man Japan: Review
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Japanese superhero spoof Big Man Japan: Review
 (From 24FramesPerSecond. 25 September 2009, 12:57 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Refreshing change from your typical monster movie more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Hitoshi Matsumoto ... Masaru Daisatô / Dai-Nihonjin
Riki Takeuchi ... Haneru-no-jû
Ua ... Manager Kobori
Ryûnosuke Kamiki ... Warabe-no-jû
Haruka Unabara ... Shimeru-no-jû
Tomoji Hasegawa ... Interviewer / Director
Itsuji Itao ... Female Niou-no-jû
Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Stay With Me
Takayuki Haranishi ... Male Niou-no-jû
Daisuke Miyagawa ... Super Justice
Takuya Hashimoto ... Midon
Taichi Yazaki ... Daisatô's Grandfather
Shion Machida ... Daisatô's Ex-wife
Atsuko Nakamura ... Bar Proprietress Azusa
Daisuke Nagakura ... Daisatô's Grandfather - Younger
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Big Man Japan (USA)
Dai-Nipponjin (Japan) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and crude humor.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
113 min | Canada:113 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | UK:15
Company:
RealProduct more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Spoofs "Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966) more
Soundtrack:
Dera amôre more

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User Comments

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18 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Refreshing change from your typical monster movie, 15 September 2007
9/10
Author: Jimmy Hsu from Toronto

I got a chance to see this at the Toronto International Film Festival, and I found this to be a quite refreshing and one of the more original films I've seen in the past little while.

A brief synopsis, is that a documentary film crew follows a mid-age slacker who basically has nothing going for him in life... but what's odd is he has the power to grow to the size of a building and fight monsters ("baddies").

The comedy during the interviews and daily life of Dai is very subtle. There is no music track and his facial expression are very mute. The monster scenes are hilarious, and the last 10 minutes made me laugh so hard.

If you are very open minded with comedy, this is for you, but don't expect a typical giant monster movie.

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