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Attack of the Giant Teacher (2019)
Directed by Ishii Yoshikazu
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ATTACK OF THE GIANT TEACHER is a classic style tokusatsu film that tells the story of Kenzo Miyazawa, an earnest teacher who works at a night school. His class is filled with unique and slightly odd students. Suddenly, the night school witnesses a drop in student numbers and has no choice but to shut down by the end of the year. Mr. Miyazawa’s class decides to create a musical for the school’s last festival. Then, an alien beast invades Earth and begins destroying the town. Mr. Miyazawa challenges the alien beast to a fight.
Length 70 minutes
Actors
Holly Kaneko | Naomi Hase | Riku | Anna Shiraki | Takehiko Fujita | Shunsuke Yamamoto | Makoto Kojima | Gaichi | Miyuki Takase | Takashi Toyoda | Michiko Hikosaka | Rina Tsuchiya | Yuko Tsuzuranuki | Shogo Aramaki | Norihiro Yajima | Akira Fukuchi | Tsubasa Asahina | Kohei Ikenaga | Tomoya Osawa | Meguri Ozora | Shiori Kawasaki | Myu Ozawa | Tsumugi Kimura | Aoi Kuga | Carolina Kusu | Zora | Takayu | Hirotada Nagayama | Haruhi | Misaki Fukui | Mitsuha Fujuii
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/13/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Very fun movie on a shoestring budget. Yoshikazu Ishii was there to introduce the movie and do a Q&A. Didn’t realize until the movie started that one of the translators for G-Fest was in the movie, Aoi Kuga. She’s one of the students and doesn’t have many lines but I recognized her immediately. After the movie she said “oh you may have seen me in the movie” chou kawaiiiii
What the film lacks in budget (FX) it makes up for in heart / story. It’s about a night school that is closing at the end of the year/semester so the students convince the teacher to have a musical to end the term. They choose the story of Momotaro to perform. Unbeknownst to any of them, two of the students that lead the charge are actually aliens being tracked by other aliens. After the hilarious performance, the evil aliens drop in to kill the two students so they give a “power-up pill” to the teacher to fight the evil alien that is now a big jellyfish kaiju.
Plenty of laughs throughout the movie and some nice plot turns between the characters. Sadly Ishii said that there is no physical release planned bc no budget. Maybe it will turn up on streaming someday. A total DIY comedy kaiju flick that should be seen by everyone that loves these kinds of tokusatsu type of flicks. (worth noting that there is no tokusatsu due the budget constraints but it certainly made for a funnier film that way)
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