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Rating: 6 stars

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Japan tokusatsu superhero small town pregnancy wife midnight pulp

All movies seen on 08/03/2021

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Rise - Dharuriser (2017)

Directed by Katsunori Sato

Action | Crime | Science Fiction

Overview

When his wife becomes pregnant, Akihiro gives up on his dream to become an actor and returns to his home in Shirakawa, Fukushima. However, as time goes by, he begins to lose sight of himself. One day, Akihiro learns about a local character contest and decides to enter it, modelling his costume on Shirakawa’s traditional Daruma doll, he creates ‘Dharuriser’. This soon leads Akihiro to encounter ‘Dice’, a mysterious group that seeks to shape the city of Shirakawa into their own utopia. Though both Dice and Akihiro wish to revitalize Shirakawa, their different ideas come into conflict and lead them into battle. Dharuriser, a man with no lethal abilities or superpowers who will always rise up even if he is defeated or collapses. A man who questions what a true hero is.

Length 119 minutes

Actors

Takeaki Wachi | Yusuke Miura | Kunihiko Ida | Justo Dieguez | Momona

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Caught this on the Midnight Pulp broadcast channel. Definitely went into this with the wrong expectations. Thought it would be a more traditional costumed tokusatsu flick a la Kamen Rider et al. It’s really a drama with a crime mystery and very light on the action. Also it takes a long time to get to the meat of the story (the hero Dharuriser versus Dice, which are actually a p cool villain team). The 2 hour runtime isn’t earned (at least on this viewing).

Now that I know what kind of movie this is I’d give it another viewing down the road after I’ve forgotten most of it. I do really like the premise.

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