Devilman (film)

Devilman (デビルマン, Debiruman) is a 2004 Japanese superhero film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu.[1] It is based on the manga series of the same name.

Devilman
Directed byHiroyuki Nasu
Written byMachiko Nasu
Based onDevilman
by Go Nagai
Produced byRiuko Tominaga
StarringHisato Izaki
Yusuke Izaki Bob Sapp
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 October 2004 (2004-10-09)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film was first scheduled for a May 2004 release, but was postponed to October 9, 2004 due to reshoots. Devilman was critically panned at the time of its release, with many considering it as one of the Worst Japanese Films of all time. It was also a commercial failure, grossing 520 million yen, against a 1 billion yen production budget.[2]

Production

Special effects were produced by Toei Company's tokusatsu and anime divisions, under the joint name T-Visual.

Cast
  • Hisato Izaki – Akira Fudo
  • Yusuke Izaki – Ryo Asuka
  • Ayana Sakai – Miki Makimura
  • Asuka Shibuya – Miko
  • Ryudo Uzaki – Keisuke Makimura (Miki's father)
  • Yoko Aki – Emi Makimura (Miki's mother)
  • Ai Tominaga – Silene
  • Bob Sapp – World Newscaster
  • Hiroyuki Matsumoto
  • Hirotarō Honda - Asuka
  • Mark Musashi – LAPD

Reception

The movie topped an annual poll by the magazine Eiga Hihō for the worst movie, attracting five times as many votes as the second-place film, and also won first place at the Bunshun Kiichigo Awards and Sports Hochi's Hebi-Ichigo Awards.[3] It was voted the worst Japanese film of the 2000s in an online poll, which noted that the excitement of the manga series getting a film adaptation increased the universal disappointment with the film.[3]

At the 14th Tokyo Sports Film Award awards ceremony Takeshi Kitano called it "one of the 4 most stupid movies ever made after Getting Any?, Siberian Express, and Pekin Genjin Who are you?" and said "There is nothing better than getting drunk and watching this movie."[4] At the same ceremony Sachiko Kobayashi said she was suddenly called to the set to appear in the movie before she even knew what it was.[4]

The film was universally panned by national newspapers and critics, and even by fans of the original manga, citing reasons such as the CGI being hideous, and the casting of various nationally popular models and teen idols, many of whom had never acted before. In addition, reportedly, CGI was used for the fight scenes because director Hiroyuki Nasu did not know how to direct one with live actors. Due to trying to force the whole story into a short run time, the plot was criticized for making little to no sense. It was also noted that the design of Silene on the poster was completely different to her appearance in the movie. Yuichi Maeda gave this movie 2 points out of a 100 on his writer, stating that the only thing good about this movie was the poster and the concept design.[5] Hiroshi Yamamoto created a whole separate part on his website to collect bad reviews of the movie. It links to several national newspapers that panned the movie as well as links to about 100 blog entries from various critics denouncing the movie.[6]

The movie has since become a benchmark in Japan for the reception of live action movies, with What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? in particular being dubbed "The Devilman of the Reiwa Era" by online users.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "超映画批評『デビルマン』2点（100点満点中）". movie.maeda-y.com.
  2. "2004年度 日本映画・外国映画 業界総決算 経営/製作/配給/興行のすべて". キネマ旬報. キネマ旬報社 (2005年（平成17年）2月下旬号): 152. 2005.
  3. "ゼロ年代の映画ワースト１０_解説". Hakaiya.com. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
  4. "第14回東京スポーツ映画大賞 授賞式の模様". Tokyo Sports. 2005-02-06. Archived from the original on 4 December 2005. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  5. "超映画批評『デビルマン』2点（100点満点中）". movie.maeda-y.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. "Anti Devilman site". 東京スポーツ新聞社. 2005-02-06. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  7. Curry zawa, Kaoru (2022-02-12). "「大怪獣のあとしまつ」に対して「デビルマン」古参としてやってしまったこと". 幻冬舎plus (in Japanese). Gentosha. Archived from the original on 2022-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. "山田涼介とばっちり！ 主演映画「大怪獣のあとしまつ」が酷評祭りでトレンド入り". 東スポWEB (in Japanese). 2022-02-05. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. "「令和のデビルマン」「邦キチ案件」とネットで評判の映画「大怪獣のあとしまつ」が肉汁餃子のダンダダンとコラボ！ ｜ ガジェット通信 GetNews". ガジェット通信 GetNews (in Japanese). 2022-02-08. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2023-02-26.


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