Zebraman
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- Synopsis
- A nebbish father and schoolteacher finds the courage to face both his personal issues and a horde of invading aliens after assuming the guise of an unpopular television superhero in maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike's warmhearted comedy....
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- Starring
- Sho Aikawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Yui Ichikawa, Kouen Kondo
- Director(s)
- Takashi Miike
- Distributor(s)
- Media Blasters Releasing
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 111 min.
Critic Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter | Frank ScheckAdd Critic to Favorites
A family-friendly fantasy that finds the director working in an uncharacteristically gentle mood.Read the full review
Variety | Deborah YoungAdd Critic to Favorites
The special effects are quality fun, the humor only a little Japanese, and the story boasts the offbeat genre twists Miike lovers clamber for.Read the full review
The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites
Driven less by civic duty than by the need to escape his dreary life, Zebraman is a tragic, touching figure too often obscured by Kankurou Kudo’s hyperactive screenplay and a special-effects team drunk on alien slime.Read the full review
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