Genre:
Comedy + Fantasy

Synopsis:
Daisato lives a mundane life in a rundown house tagged with insulting and obscenity-riddled graffiti. This middle-aged slacker seems a puzzling subject to be followed by the documentary crew that films his banal daily routine. That is, until he prepares for his “job.” As bolts of electricity rip through the sky, Daisato is transformed into a stocky giant several storeys high, sporting tight purple briefs, tattoos and an Eraserhead-style hairdo. In his hand is a big stick – for beating the crap out of monsters. Welcome to the world of Dainipponjin (which translates as “The Great Japanese”), a sixth-generation superhero defending Japan from outlandish “baddies,” as Daisato calls them. These ridiculous villains include the freak with the comb-over hairdo who pulls down skyscrapers with elastic arms or the revolting beast that lets rip stink clouds equalling the smell of twenty thousand human feces.
(from tiff07.ca)

Casts:
Hitoshi Matsumoto ... Dai Nipponjin / Masaru Daisatou
Takayuki Haranishi ... Male Niounojyuu
Itsuji Itao ... Female Niounojyuu
Ryunosuke Kamiki ... Dounojyuu
Daisuke Miyagawa ... Super Justice
Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Stay With Me
Riki Takeuchi ... Hanerunojyuu
Ua ... Manager Kobori
Haruka Unabara ... Shimerunojyuu

Runtime:
113 min

Also Known As:
Big Man Japan (USA)

Country:
Japan

Superheroes:
Dai-Nipponjin

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