Tetsujin 28: The Movie
| Tetsujin 28: The Movie | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yu Aoi Hiroko Yakushimaru |
| Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto |
| Edited by | Soichi Ueno |
| Music by | Akira Senju |
Production companies | Crossmedia Media Wave |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tetsujin 28: The Movie (鉄人28号) is a 2005 Japanese
Plot
Shotaro Kaneda is a young boy living in Tokyo with his widowed mother, Yoko. He is haunted by the death of his scientist father, Dr. Shoichiro Kaneda, and is frequently bullied at school. One day, a giant robot called Black Ox wreaks havoc on the city. Shotaro receives a phone call from his father's former assistant, who informs Shotaro that he is destined to save the world. He guides Shotaro to the location of Tetsujin 28, a giant robot developed by the Japanese during World War II and hidden away by Dr. Kaneda for Shotaro to find. With the help of Chief Otsuka and classmate Mami Tachibana, Shotaro learns to control Tetsujin and does battle with the villainous Dr. Reiji Takumi and Black Ox.
Cast
- Sousuke Ikematsuas Shotaro Kaneda
- Yu Aoias Mami Tachibana
- Akira Emoto as Chief Yunosuke Otsuka
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Dr. Reiji Takumi
- Hiroko Yakushimaru as Yoko Kaneda
- Hiroshi Abe as Dr. Shoichiro Kaneda
- Ayako Kawahara as Layla Neilson Kijima
- Katsuo Nakamura as Tatsuzo Ayabe
- Masato Ibuas Keitaro Tanoura
- Megumi Hayashibara as Black Ox (voice)
- Naomi Nishida as Yumiko Yashiro
- Rena Tanaka as Asuka Serizawa
- Ryūshi Mizukami as Hideyuki Kawai
- Sousuke Takaoka as Kenji Murasame
- Tomoko Kitagawa as Shizue Kato
- Toshifumi Muramatsu as Seijiro Takahashi
- Yuko Nakazawa as Kana Ejima
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Windchime Seller
- Shin Yazawa as Reporter
Development
Tetsujin 28-go was originally adapted into a live action television drama in 1960, and later as an anime in 1963, which became popular in North America under the title of Gigantor.
There were actually talks of a live-action Gigantor adaptation around 1994 by Fox Family Films, a subsidiary of 20th Century Fox, planned with a budget of around $35 million to $50 million. Wanting Gigantor to become a major blockbuster franchise, Fox hired writers Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes to pen the script, which would've downsized the robot's height from 50 feet to just 12 feet, as well as updating and modernizing the design, using morphing effects made with CGI. Original manga creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama would've had a credit as Executive Producer on the project, along with Fred Ladd (a screenwriter who actually wrote the dubbing for the original anime), and Aeiji Katayama. For whatever reason, it never went into production.[1]
Unlike the original manga and previous adaptations (excluding the
Reception
The film garnered lukewarm reviews from critics.[2][3]
References
- ^ Parker, Donna. (July 19, 1994) The Hollywood Reporter Fox reinvents "Gigantor" robot. Page 3.
- Film 4. Archived from the originalon 6 April 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Tetsujin 28: The Movie". 2006.
External links
- Tetsujin 28: The Movie (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Tetsujin 28: The Movie at IMDb
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