Zeiramu (1991)

Bounty hunters Iria and Bob travel to Earth to capture an escaped bio-engineered fighting machine called Zeiramu.

Director:

Keita Amemiya

Writers:

Keita Amemiya, Steve Kramer (English version)

Stars:

Yûko Moriyama, Kunihiro Ida, Yukijirô Hotaru

Cast

Credited cast:
Yûko Moriyama	...	Iria
Kunihiro Ida	...	Teppei
Yukijirô Hotaru	...	Kamiya
Masakazu Handa	...	Bob (voice)
Mizuho Yoshida	...	Zeiramu
Yukitomo Tochino	...	Murata
Riko Kurenai	...	Momonga no Mama
Naomi Enami	...	Electronic Store Manager
Mayumi Aguni	...	Liliput
Masakazu Katsura	...	Passerby
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Axelrod	...	Kamiya (voice)
Steve Bulen	...	Teppei (voice)
Juliana Donald	...	Bartender (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	Murata (voice)
Edie Mirman	...	Iria (voice)

Storyline

Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry, stumble upon the intergalactic bounty-hunter Ilia, and her partner, the artificial intelligence named Bob. Both men are accidentally transported to the Zone, a virtual reality in which Bob has trapped Ilia's latest prey, a biological weapon named Zeram. The Earth natives must both survive the experience and help Ilia capture Zeram before the Zone disappears around them.

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Plot Keywords:

virtual reality | biological weapon | violence | shootout | explosion | 

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Taglines:

Sci-Fi that Reaches Out and Grabs You!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

May 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zeiram

Filming Locations:

Mikasa, Hokkaido, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

GAGA,Graphical Corporation Crowd Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Zeiramu 2 (1994)

User Reviews

Fun sci-fi action thriller

This movie is quite an entertaining little romp if you watch it with an open mind. It's full of interesting gadgets, lots of weapons, explosions, monsters, stop-motion, talking computers, Japanese babes, etc. The plot concerns an intergalatic bounty hunter, played by the beautiful Yuko Moriyama, who tracks down an unstoppable alien killing machine named Zeiram. The plot also throws in two male comedy foils, although Yuko could easily carry the film on her own. There's lot of action, some of it hand to hand (it's always a treat to see women fighting) and some of it with hi-tech guns and such. While this is isn't a perfect movie, it's a good way to spend an evening...cool-looking monsters, kickboxing babes, explosions...what more can one ask for.