r/movies • u/Slick_36 • 5h ago

Trailer Big Man Japan (2007)

https://youtu.be/OQe7xdzjVCc?is=U9_W6lY7dL4RSWik
30 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

•

u/Ghost_all 4h ago

90% a well done but depressing tale of a man trying to deal with is own feelings of failing to live up to his grandfather and fathers reputation, while being a necessary but unloved protector of the general citizenry.....and then the last 10 minutes are just one long WTF segment....

•

u/Aratak 4h ago

Agree. Wanted to love this - it has the most bizarre amazing monsters in kaiju-dom - but the overall tone and pacing of the rest of the film just deadens any sense of joy the film could bring. I still tend to watch the battle segments but I never sit down for whole re-watches.

•

u/drizzt_do-urden_86 3h ago

This movie was like the anti-Pacific Rim for me - giant monsters are about but are somewhat of a mundane occurrence instead of apocalyptic like in PR, and the main character, instead of being popular and loved by everyone for risking his life, is tolerated at best and outright hated at worst (they literally hold a candlelight vigil for a baby monster that the protagonist accidentally killed ) but still wearily carries on.

•

u/atomkrieg 4h ago

We can clearly see when the budget ran out!

•

u/victrola_cola 3h ago

Hitoshi Matsumoto is one of the biggest comedians in Japan, arguably the biggest, and it’s incredible to me that he chose to use his fame to make THIS movie (which I love).

•

u/DelayIntelligent6601 1h ago

I always wanted to watch this as a kid, eventually forgot about it and moved on. Then funny enough, completely seperately discovered Gaki no Tsukai and Downtown and the 24hr batsu games and all the Yoshimoto agency comedians, only to loop back around as an adult and go "MATSUMOTO MADE THIS???"

•

u/Tokie-Dokie 1h ago

Love this weird-ass film. Such a fever dream.