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Press

"The most impressive special effect here is Mr. Matsumoto’s hilariously restrained performance, a tour de force of comedic concision in a movie bloated by increasingly surreal developments."

— NY Times

"Big Man Japan deftly sends up 1950s monster movies"

— LA Times

"One of the most thoughtful and funny superhero films for adults. It hits just the right balance of dry humor and big dick jokes. Big Man Japan is ultra-human and really funny."

— Simon Abrams, NY Press

"A mere synopsis can't convey how delightfully weird all of this is on screen. As they say, you have to see it to believe it..."

— Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

Synopsis

A middle-aged slacker living in a rundown, graffiti-ridden slum, Daisato’s job involves being shocked by bolts of electricity that transform him into a stocky, stick-wielding giant several stories high who is entrusted with defending Japan from a host of bizarre monsters.

But while his predecessors were national heroes, he is a pariah among the citizens he protects, who bitterly complain about the noise and destruction of property he causes. And Daisato has his own problems - an agent insistent on branding him with sponsor advertisements, an Alzheimer-afflicted grandfather who transforms into a giant in dirty underwear, and a family who is embarrassed by his often cowardly exploits.

A wickedly deadpan spin on the giant Japanese superhero, BIG MAN JAPAN is an outrageous portrait of a pathetic but truly unique hero.

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