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Special Thanks to Avery Guerra and Yuki Morita
A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE
Okubo Hikozaemon.
Filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki (EVERYTHING SINKS EXCEPT JAPAN, EARTH DEFENSE WIDOW and MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS, PLANET PRINCE 2021), will next produce CYBORG ISSHINTASUKE (サイボーグ一心太助, Saibōgu Isshintasuke).
The film is inspired by the legendary hero Okubo Hikozaemon (1560-1639). For this story, Hikozaemon is reimagined as a modern businessman named Isshin Taisuke who is transformed into a cyborg to battle an evil corporation. This will be the next entry in Kawasaki's trilogy of movies produced and based in Kota, Aichi Prefecture (aka Koda Town), which started with
SUPER LEGEND GOD HIKOZA (超伝合体ゴッドヒコザ, Chō-den Gattai Goddo Hikoza, 2022) and was followed by A UFO INTRUDER (突撃！隣のUFO,
Totsugeki! T
onari no UFO, 2023).
The main character Isshin Taisuke was designed by manga artist Reijiro Kato (MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS, PLANET PRINCE 2021), and the enemy character “Chondroid” was designed by the famous soft vinyl artist, Gyaromi.
The production team has launched a
fundraising campaign for the project on the Japanese crowdfunding site Campfire.
DETAILS
Director: Minoru Kawasaki
Producer: Kazuaki Tsuzuki (General Incorporated Association: 1 Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films)
Cast
Shinjiro Iwayama: Shunsuke Nishikawa
Isshin Taisuke: Junya Komatsu
Nakako Miyagawa: Chika Nakagawa
Iwao Owashi: Tetsu Kayama
Hikozo Okubo: Masami Horiuchi
President Aoi: Buchaa
Distributor: Extreme
Planning and Production: General Incorporated Association One Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films
Cyborg Isshin Taisuke (One Heart). ©General Incorporated Association One Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films
Cyborg Rock 1. ©General Incorporated Association One Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films
Chondroid. ©General Incorporated Association One Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films
©General Incorporated Association One Percent Social Contribution, Koda Films
