Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Dainipponjin
大日本人
Nippon Cinema ª
Divorced and listless, Daisato leads a dreary life – apart from the fact that he is the heir of a superhero dynasty, with the responsibility to protect Japan from the increasingly absurd monstrosities threatening its coasts. Comedy innovator and megastar Hitoshi MATSUMOTO delivers one of the funniest tragicomedy films in film history.
大日本人
Dainipponjin
Japan 2007
113 minutes
Director
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Script
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Mitsuyoshi TAKASU
Cinematography
Hideo YAMAMOTO
Music
Towa Tei
Production
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Distribution
Rapid Eye Movies
Cast
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Riki TAKEUCHI, UA, Ryunosuke KAMIKI, Itsuji ITAO
About Hitoshi MATSUMOTO
Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, born in 1963 in Amagasaki, is a Japanese director and comedian. In Japan, he and his comedy partner Masatoshi HAMADA found fame as the “Downtown Duo”. His feature film breakthrough came in 2007 with DAINIPPONJIN (NC ’08). NIPPON CONNECTION has featured all his directorial works in past festival editions.