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Osaka was the the site of Expo ’70, and among the most memorable elements of the event, standing to this day, is the "Tower of the Sun", a 70-metre-tall sculpture/building envisioned and designed by renowned artist Taro Okamoto, who some call “the Japanese Picasso”. This film is a theatrical adaptation of "TAROMAN", a tokusatsu series re-envisioning Okamoto's most famous pieces as surrealist superheroes and villains, with Ultraman-like TAROMAN, based on the Tower itself, at the forefront of it all.
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Osaka was the the site of Expo ’70, and among the most memorable elements of the event, standing to this day, is the "Tower of the Sun", a 70-metre-tall sculpture/building envisioned and designed by renowned artist Taro Okamoto, who some call “the Japanese Picasso”. This film is a theatrical adaptation of "TAROMAN", a tokusatsu series re-envisioning Okamoto's most famous pieces as surrealist superheroes and villains, with Ultraman-like TAROMAN, based on the Tower itself, at the forefront of it all.
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Genre:Action, Science Fiction, Comedy
Written By:Ryo Fujii
In Theaters:
Box Office:$1,232,939
Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Asmik Ace, NHK Educational, Gosay Studio
Cast
Ryo Fujii
Director
Ichiro Yamaguchi
Self
Wataru Okamura
Taroman / Elan Scaffold / Sun of the Underground / Baron Pitcher / Various Others
Yuusuke Tokuda
Elan Scaffold (voice) / Dr. Uko (voice)
Tadanobu Morino
Captain / Future CBG Commander
Satoshi Hamamoto
Captain (voice) / Future CBG Commander (voice) (as Adrena Lin)
Eiji Kawabata
Furaibo
Taiyo Murasumi
Dr. Takatsu (as Bob Mursum)
Mika Ogasawara
Squad Member Mami
Mazaemon
Squad Member Mami (voice) / Boy Squad Member (voice) / Dance (voice)
Naohiro Kitamura
Boy Squad Member
Beyan
Middle Aged Squad Member
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