Dainipponjin (Big Man Japan)

“In long takes that cut like early Jarmusch, the first half hour rambles on with downbeat wit before dropping a boulder of truth on our heads…”
– Village Voice

2007, 113 min., 35mm. Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto. With Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi and UA. NY Premiere.

Official selection, Cannes 2007.

When duty calls, Daisato steps into a pair of oversized purple briefs and is electrocuted to become a "Dai-nipponjin" (giant Japanese). The last in a long line of revered Dainipponjin, Daisato horrifying “kaijus” (monsters) through the cities of Japan with nothing more than a stick. But unlike the glory days of past Dainipponjin superheros, Daisato is ridiculed and taunted by present-day society as a nuisance. Japan’s most popular comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto stars and directs this whacky kaiju spoof about the perils of so-called heroism and celebrity.

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Part of JAPAN CUTS – Festival of New Japanese Film.
Co-presented with the New York Asian Film Festival.