Genre:
Drama + Comedy

Synopsis:
Souichi is a timid, sensitive and innately polite music geek who moves from the Japanese countryside to Tokyo with big dreams: he aspires to sing sugary love ballads and become a chart-topping sensation. But life does not turn out the way Souichi had hoped, and the only gig he can get is that of front man for notorious band Detroit Metal City (DMC). Wearing a cape, tights and ghostly demon makeup, Souichi storms the stage each night as Johannes Klauser II, smashing guitars and spewing verbal filth in songs about murder and rape. The band’s crazy getups and destructive performances have also earned them a legion of devoted, maniacal fans who believe that Klauser is a drug-gobbling demon from hell. To make matters worse, this reluctant rocker runs into his college crush, the demure and adorable Ms. Aikawa, who is now a magazine pop critic. Soon he is struggling to keep his wild metal stardom a secret. After defeating rival bands and winning recognition as one of Japan’s top acts, DMC is challenged to a duel by death-metal icon Jack IL Dark (played to perfection by Gene Simmons of KISS). Souichi finds himself locked in a battle of satanic guitar riffs for the title of ultimate death-metal king, all while keeping Ms. Aikawa sweetly ignorant of his alter ego.
(from tiff08.ca)

Casts:
Ken'ichi Matsuyama ... Soichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Yoshihiko Hosoda ... Masayuki Wada / Alexander Jaggi
Ryûji Akiyama ... Terumichi Nishida / Camus
Rosa Kato ... Yuri Aikawa
Yasuko Matsuyuki ... Boss
Ryo Kato ... Toshihiko Negishi
Minami ... Nina
Yoshiko Miyazaki ... Keiko Negishi
Yôsuke Ôchi ... Susumu 'Kiba' Kibayashi
Nobuhiko Ôtani ... DJ Raika
Gene Simmons ... Jack Il Dark
Kazuma Suzuki ... Hidetaka Asato
Issei Takahashi ... Hidenori Saji
Laura Windrath ... Kennie Il Dark

Runtime:
104

Country:
Japan

Based on the manga/anime:
"Detroit Metal City" created by Kiminori Wakasugi

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