Zebraman (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Scifi
Duration: 115 minuten
Alternative title: Zeburaaman
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Stars: Kumiko Asô and Akira Emoto
IMDb score:
6,5 (3.854)
Releasedate: 30 January 2004
Zebraman plot
Shinichi Ichikawa is an elementary school teacher and it is not easy. Things don't go so smoothly at work, his wife is having an affair, his children are constantly getting into trouble and he himself is obsessed with Zebraman - a childhood superhero with his own TV show. When an alien invasion is imminent, Ichikawa decides to strike back in his homemade Zebraman costume.....
Actors and actresses
Zebraman
Kana Asano
Oikawa at the Defence Agency
Midori, Shin'ichi's daughter
Segawa
Reviews & comments
Leland Palmer
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- 23803 messages
- 4945 votes
Nice nonsense from Miike. I'm generally not a fan of his work - this is also only the 2nd enough that I hand out, but these kinds of movies make sure I give one of his films a try. 'Ôdishon' remains the best, but this Zebraman can also get on with it.
The biggest downside is that Miike can't conjure up enough creative, funny and entertaining scenes to fill this playing time. The movie is just a bit too long. Fortunately, the film has a number of very comical and WTF moments to hand out a sufficient amount.
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black swallow
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- 182 messages
- 611 votes
The movie didn't hold my breath... thought it was a bit bland. Turned it off half way through to continue watching the next day… and watched it; though I kept getting haunted by the idea that I had better things to do.
It can depend on taste of course and humor is always a bit more complicated than psychological issues, scary things and violence... - if the kind of humor doesn't come across - it immediately fails.
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Black Math
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- 5430 messages
- 1753 votes
Saw it a few years ago and watched it again yesterday. It remains a wonderfully bland concept, a zebra as an action hero, and the film really has its moments. Especially during the cheesy songs: "zebura, zebura", and when zebranurse passes by. What a pity that the tempo is often very slow. Had the film been more compact, it would have been a lot easier to digest. If I add the CGI, which was very mediocre, to that, I still end up with an insufficient. 2*.
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