Directed by:
佐藤信介Screenplay:
Yusuke WatanabeComposer:
Kenji KawaiCast:
Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya, Natsuna, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongô, 落合モトキ, Kazuyuki Asano, Naho Toda, 白石隼也, Ryuya Wakaba (more)Plots(1)
Gantz is based on a hit manga series created by Hiroya Oku and stars leading Japanese actors Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama. The film tells the story of two childhood friends that are accidentally killed while trying to save a man's life. Rather than find themselves in the hereafter, however, they awaken in a strange apartment in which they find a mysterious black orb they come to know as Gantz. Along with similar abductees, they are provided with equipment and weaponry and manipulated into playing a kind of game in which they are sent back out to the greater world to do battle with alien beings, all while never quite knowing whether this game is an illusion or their new reality. (Manga Home Entertainment)
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The manga "Gantz" got me quite interested and I was very curious about its live-action adaptation. I have to say that live-action versions of manga are not exactly what I would imagine, "Death Note" being the proof, but it can have interesting elements. Given that the manga relies on a sci-fi story and explicit violence, there is some quite explicit nudity here, so I was curious to see how it would be portrayed in the film. It is probably a Japanese A-grade production because this execution is incredibly sterile and it is quite clear from the beginning that it definitely won't be as B-grade as you would like. Compared to the source material, this is truly a sterile spectacle, although it may not seem so during some bloody explosions. And don't forget, when you vomit, cover your mouth with your hand.
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