Gatchaman (ガッチャマン) is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film directed by Toya Sato based on the classic 1970s anime television series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
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Plot
By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization uncovers mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that approximately one in eight million people is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the Gatchaman team, they are tasked with defeating Galactor.
Cast
Tori Matsuzaka as Ken Washio
Gō Ayano as Joe Asakura
Ayame Goriki as Jun Ohtsuki
Tatsuomi Hamada as Jinpei Ohtsuki
Ryohei Suzuki as Ryu Nakanishi
Gorō Kishitani as Dr. Nambu
Ken Mitsuishi as Dr. Kirkland
Eriko Hatsune as Naomi/Berg Katze
Shidō Nakamura as Iriya
Hiromi Shinjo as Gillman
Yumiko as Mei
Koji Kawamoto as Mike Miller
Gregory Pekar as Director General Anderson
Nahana as ISO Agent
Alexander Clemmens as Embassy Employee
Manoj Mantri as Edgar Clifford
Dilara Islam Tina as Alma Clifford
Leigh Carmichael as Attendee 1
Thad Gilbert as Attendee 2
Burney as Stall Manager
Nagato Okui as young Ken
Kishio Ohmoto as young Joe
Kokoa Ishii as young Jun
Haruka Iwata as young Jinpei
Kakeru Yoshida as young Ryu
Raimu Komi as young Naomi
Kenichi Masusa as ISO Agent 1
Jiro Matsuda as ISO Agent 2
Arihiro Iwata as ISO Agent 3
Hiroko Yashiki as Mrs. Nanbu (in photo)
Nako Yabuki as Dr. Nanbu's daughter (in photo)
Noriko Baba as female announcer (from Nippon Television)
Yoshiaki Satō as male announcer (from Nippon Television)
Junpei Takiguchi as Dokurobei (archive footage)
Production and release
The theme song for the movie is "Niji wo Matsu Hito", performed by popular Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken.
Reception
The movie is praised for its hero costumes and fight scenes. The film got a 5.1 ranking in IMDB. In Japan, it opened in fifth place with ¥119,201,780 (approx. US$1,171,977) and had earned ¥401,196,315 (approx. US$3,944,512) by its third weekend.
Japanese magazine Eiga Geijutsu (映画芸術) ranked the film as one of the 10 worst Japanese films of 2013.