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  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary 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 am...

Directed By: Hitoshi Matsumoto

Written By: Mitsuyoshi Takasu, Hitoshi Matsumoto

  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 53 m

Big Man Japan

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Mixed or Average
4.8
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Summary 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 am...

Directed By: Hitoshi Matsumoto

Written By: Mitsuyoshi Takasu, Hitoshi Matsumoto

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
62
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
62
62% Positive
8 Reviews
31% Mixed
4 Reviews
8% Negative
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90
I hurt myself laughing at this amazingly inventive mockumentary, and because it's so good, I refuse to give away much more than an insistent recommendation.
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88
Very funny in an insidious way.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Nathan Lee FULL REVIEW
70
The film has slow sections that test the viewer's patience. But it also touches on themes of family, heroism and nationalism, and the finale, which has plenty of surprises and rewarding references for fans of the genre, is worth the wait.
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50
At nearly two hours, Big Man Japan is clever (in a sick sort of way) but overlong. It needs judicious editing -- more mockumentary, fewer superhero antics.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
40
When a movie is this strange, it's gotta count for something.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
25
But the film written, directed and starring stand-up comic Hitoshi Matsumoto has, like most superheroes, a tragic flaw: It isn't funny.
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Production Company Realproducts, Yoshimoto Kogyo Company
Release Date May 15, 2009
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.sixshooterfilmseries.com/bigmanjapan/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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