Yattâman (2009)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Tatsuo Yoshida (characters and story)
Masashi Sogo (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 March 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

Every week, toy-shop owner Gan and his cute assistant Ai battled the evil Doronbo gang. The gang led...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Anime | One Word Title | Based On Japanese TV Series

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Sho Sakurai	...	Gan Takada
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sadao Abe	...	Dr. Kaieda
Kyôko Fukada	...	Doronjo
Saki Fukuda	...	Ai-Chan
Shingo Ippongi
Kendô Kobayashi	...	Tonzuraa
Katsuhisa Namase	...	Boyacky
Anri Okamoto	...	Shoko Kaieda

Also Known As:

Yatterman (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:119 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Company:

Horipro

Trivia:

The characters Doronjo, Boyacky, and Tonzler first appeared in the 1975 animated series "Time bokan" (1975).

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Yattâman" (2008)

G-rated Visitor Q

I'm still trying to figure out what's going on inside the head of Monte Miike. If there really exist such weird people or if they're just a metaphor of whats inside Miike himself. Very similar to his latter film Battle Royale, two young lovers' affection is spoiled by an endless parade of perverted psychos who never seem to give up. Miike has made another bizarre masterpiece delving once again into lost souls on a journey to the emerald city trying to overcome the wicked witch and the psycho Dokurobe. ...but let me tell you why this movie strikes a chord with the viewer.

As Ebert put it, this is like a Luis Bunuel film done with a Jerry Lewis re-write. I'm a big fan of Bunuel, not so much of Lewis.

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