Tags: Japan Science fiction Japan Film Kumiko Aso Hidetoshi Nishijima 2004

Casshern

Name: Casshern
Released: 2004-04-24
Rating: 6
Cast: Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima

Ratings: IMDB 6 / TMDB 5.9

CASSHERN

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Cast: Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Susumu Terajima, Atsushi Ito, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Jun Kaname, Sada Mayumi, Mayu Tsuruta, 凉, Yoko Moriguchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Tetsuji Tamayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Hideji Otaki, 纳谷悟郎, Miku Sato, Ei Morisako, Toshiaki Karasawa
Region: Japan
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science fiction
Released: 2004-04-24
Runtime: 142 min
Rating: NR (United States)
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $6,000,000
Box office: $12,353,768
Release dates: United States 2004-04-24, Japan 2004-04-24, United Kingdom 2005-02-25
Keywords: dystopia, future, post-apocalyptic future, mutant, man vs machine, distant future, casshan

Overview

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.