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Director:
Takashi Miike
Writer:
Kankurô Kudô (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 August 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman"... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Fun Miike comedy with good special effects more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Shô Aikawa ... Shin'ichi Ichikawa / Zeburâman
Kyoka Suzuki ... Kana Asano
Atsuro Watabe ... Oikawa at the Defence Agency
Yui Ichikawa ... Midori, Shin'ichi's daughter
Koen Kondo ... Segawa
Naoki Yasukôchi
Makiko Watanabe
Keisuke Mishima
Yu Tokui
Yôji Tanaka
Arata Furuta ... Owner of Candy Shop
Kumiko Asô ... Newscaster
Akira Emoto ... Kani-Otoko
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Ryo Iwamatsu ... Kanda
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Mitsukaido City, Ibaraki, Japan
Company:
Bingo Y.K. more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, the Colonel (the military officer in charge of the task force that is investigating the alien invasion through out the movie) refers to President Bush in his phone call when the movie takes place in 2010 (two years after Bush's last term in office). more
Quotes:
Shin'ichi Ichikawa: Striping evil! more
Movie Connections:
Spoofs "Kamen Raidâ" (1971) more

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16 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Fun Miike comedy with good special effects, 31 October 2004
8/10
Author: Simon Booth from UK

Well, you probably know by now whether you like Takashi Miike or not, so that's probably the first thing to consider. If you do, Zebraman is sure to please, being a very fun yet dark spoof of superhero films with high production values and the ever-wonderful Sho Aikawa.

There's nothing in Zebraman that would class as particularly shocking or offensive, if you've only seen ICHI THE KILLER or VISITOR Q before and that's your only objection to Miike, but the mix of dark, deadpan humour and absurd silliness probably aren't going to win any new converts. It's a very Japanese film in style and tone, and though still doubtless low budget by Hollywood standards, has impressive special effects and a good feeling of quality. Except when it doesn't want to :)

If you're an undecided, Zebraman may well be one of the best Miike films to sample to help make that decision :)

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