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Scene From "Big Man Japan"

Director Hitoshi Matsumoto’s darkly comic mockumentary “Big Man Japan” is about a Japanese man who is constantly caught in the middle of everyone’s battles. When we first see Daisato, he is the subject of a television documentary. While it would seem Daisato is your average guy, down on his luck, it soon becomes evident just how deceiving first impressions can be. After bemoaning on camera the fact that he never gets any vacation time, Daisato rides his motorbike to a Tokyo power plant where he receives the jolt of electricity that transforms him into a hulking superhuman crime fighter.

Unfortunately for him, the noise generated by Daisato’s battles are thought of as a public nuisance and the property damage that he causes while defending the city has the citizens downright furious. As Daisato attempts to balance his responsibilities to his ex-wife, his daughter, his agent, and his grandfather, the responsibility of both his personal and professional obligations simply becomes too much for him to handle. Language: Japanese. Rated PG-13.

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