Big Man Japan
- Hitoshi Matsumoto: Dai Nipponjin / Masaru Daisato
- Tomoji Hasegawa: interviewer
- UA: Manager Kobori
- Haruka Unabara: Monster Sling
- Riki Takeuchi: Spring Monster
- Ryunosuke Kamiki: kids monster
- Itsuji Itao: female Stinkmonster
- Takayuki Haranishi: male Stinkmonster
- Daisuke Miyagawa: Super Justice
The Big Japanese - Dainipponjin (Japanese大 日本人) is a Japanese monster horror mockumentary of the comedian and director Hitoshi Matsumoto from 2007 The film is shot largely in an interview style and provides a humorous way, the life of a fictional super ( anti) hero. dar.
Content
The close to the subsistence living Masaru Daisatou ( Hitoshi Matsumoto ) has the ability to transform himself from high voltage surges to about a hundred times its body size. This capability takes advantage of the Japanese Ministry of Defense in order to use it as a weapon against giant monsters, which appear sporadically in the cities of Japan. The fights will be televised, which he has achieved a certain notoriety. The aspect of security is, however completely ignored by his environment - what counts the most -assessed as low entertainment value of his actions against the monster. So people take his actions but true not as heroic but as embarrassing harassment and disturbance of the peace.
In the further course of the film you can learn many little embarrassing details of his life: He is not divorced, but living apart from his wife and daughter. This he would have liked to serve as " heir " of his abilities. This keeps his wife to be unacceptable, while providing the reason for the breakup dar. He also has a manager (UA ), which lets him run around in the fight with painted on the body billboards and betrays him to the sponsored income.
Production and publication
The film was produced by Real Product and Yoshimoto Kogyo Company, directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto. The music was composed by Towa Tei and for the cut Soichi Ueno was responsible.
On 2 June 2007, the film was released in Japanese theaters. This was followed by demonstrations in Hong Kong, the UK and the USA. The German cinema premiere was on July 17, 2008. Moreover Dainipponjin was performed in several countries at film festivals.
Reviews
78% of 32 counted reviews on the site Rotten Tomatoes are positive. The consensus of critics is summarized as follows: " Hitoshi Matsumoto's strange and difficult to describe mockumentary is inspired in every case. "
" Unfortunately, it does not create Matsumoto to add the disparate parts of his film to a consistently enjoyable whole. In particular, the weak links of the real and the fight scenes means that both the satirical as the spectacular impetus throughout the film fizzle a bit. "