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Kikaider Reboot Film's First Visuals Revealed
posted on by Karen Ressler
The open in Japan on May 24.
In addition, Daisuke Ban, who starred as the protagonist Jiro in the original series, will the film's cast.
Kazushige Nagashima, Hirotarō Honda, and Ryūji Harada.
SHINOBI - Heart Under Blade, Blood) will direct the film. The script was developed over a period of two years.
The film's story will take place in a future where the "Ark Project" uses robots to solve problems that the Japanese government can't solve with human power alone. When robot engineering expert Nobuhiko Komyoji dies, his rivals steal his plans and start causing chaos until a conscious robot Jiro (Kikaider), created by Komyoji, appears as the hero.
The Kikaider television series aired in Japan from 1972-1973. It inspired the Tobidasu Jinzō Ningen Kikaidā live-action movie.
Source: Mantan Web
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