Big Man Japan

Original title: Dai-Nihonjin

2007
PG-13
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.1K

YOUR RATING

An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings.

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An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.An eccentric man living alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo periodically transforms into a 100-foot tall giant in order to defend Japan against similarly sized monsters.

Director
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
Writers
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Mitsuyoshi Takasu
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

4.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
Writers
- Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Mitsuyoshi Takasu
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

Trivia
Despite premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film was not released theatrically in France, going instead straight to DVD.

Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Observe & Report/Gigantic/Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

Soundtracks
Fureai
Music by Taku Izumi
Lyrics by Keisuke Yamakawa
Performed by Masatoshi Nakamura

User reviews46

Review

Featured review

Great idea, weak movie

A dull guy gets zapped with electricity to turn him into a giant so that he can battle monster that attack Japan, there's a good idea for a film if ever I've heard one. There's some funny bits at the start as we learn that the general public don't think a lot of him but from then on the film just disappoints again and again.

I can take the poor CGI but it does look absolutely rubbish. The monsters are supposed to be hilarious but just aren't funny at all and the whole theme of him being a bit of a loser wears thin quickly.

When I read the gushing reviews for this film I really loved the concept and it sounded like something I'd really enjoy, unfortunately a lot of it is just plain boring and the wry dry humour is stretched well beyond the material. I wouldn't waste your time, it's a good idea squandered.