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Release Date: 2009

Cast: UA, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Itsuji Itao, Tomoji Hasegawa, Takayuki Haranishi, Riki Takeuchi, Haruka Unabara

Categories: Movies, World Cinema, Comedy, Mockumentary

Big Man Japan (大日本人, Dai Nipponjin) is a 2007 Japanese film written, directed and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was well-received by critics in the U.S., after many months of being shown at various festivals and film events. It has received a "Fresh" score of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film takes the form of a mockumentary that follows Masaru Daisato. Through the application of high voltage electricity, Daisato is able to grow to a height of approximately 30 meters. Having inherited from his father the duty of protecting Japan against various giant monsters, Daisato is in employ... MORE

Big Man Japan (大日本人, Dai Nipponjin) is a 2007 Japanese film written, directed and starring Hitoshi Matsumoto. It was well-received by critics in the U.S., after many months of being shown at various festivals and film events. It has received a "Fresh" score of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film takes the form of a mockumentary that follows Masaru Daisato. Through the application of high voltage electricity, Daisato is able to grow to a height of approximately 30 meters. Having inherited from his father the duty of protecting Japan against various giant monsters, Daisato is in employ of a sub-division of the defence ministry called the Ministry of Monster Prevention. Despite his great power, he is regarded as an outcast by his fellow citizens and struggles under the burden of living up to a heroic lineage that increasingly overshadows his own somewhat mediocre accomplishments as a monster fighter. To further complicate matters, he is deeply estranged from his immediate family. By the film’s end, his failures and doubts reach a hallucinogenic apotheosis. The movie targets many topics: Japanese pop culture, the monster-movie genre, capitalism's excesses and the contemporary LESS