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Casshern
Directed by	Kazuaki Kiriya
Written by	Kazuaki Kiriya
Starring	Yusuke Iseya Kumiko Aso Toshiaki Karasawa Mayumi Sada Jun Kaname Susumu Terajima Akira Terao Tatsuya Mihashi
Music by	Shiro Sagisu
Cinematography	Kazuaki Kiriya
Editing by	Kazuaki Kiriya
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date(s)	April 24, 2004 (Japan) October 26, 2005 (France) July 14, 2006 (Italy) April 25, 2005 (UK)
Running time	136 min.
Language	Japanese
Budget	$6,000,000 US
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Casshern (キャシャーン, Kyashān^?) is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. It stars Yusuke Iseya as Tetsuya Azuma/Casshern, Kumiko Aso as Luna Kozuki, Toshiaki Karasawa as Burai, Mayumi Sada as Saguree, and Jun Kaname as Barashin. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Download high resolution version (692x980, 98 KB)Casshern movie poster. ... ... Yusuke Iseya (伊勢谷 友介 Iseya YÅ«suke) is a model and actor whom was born 29 May 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Kumiko Aso (麻生久美子 Asō Kumiko, born 17 June 1978 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese actress. ... Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢寿明 Karasawa Toshiaki) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. ... Jun Kaname (born in 21th February in 1981) is a Japanese actor. ... Susumu Terajima ), born 12 November 1963, is a famous Japanese actor who, as of December 2006, has appeared in 75 films, 15 CMs (television commercials), and two PVs (promotional videos). ... Akira Terao (寺尾聰) (born May 18, 1947) - Japanese musician and movie actor. ... Shiro Sagisu is a well-known Japanese music producer, composer and arranger. ... Shochiku Co. ... is the 114th day of the year (115th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. ... Icons of tokusatsu in the late 1970s: Spider-Man, Kamen Rider Stronger, Kamen Rider V3, Battle Fever J, Ultraman Jonias, as well as the manga and anime icon Doraemon Tokusatsu ) is a Japanese word that literally means special effects. ... For the upcoming parody of superhero films, see Superhero!. Batman and Superman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... ... Yusuke Iseya (伊勢谷 友介 Iseya YÅ«suke) is a model and actor whom was born 29 May 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. ... Kumiko Aso (麻生久美子 Asō Kumiko, born 17 June 1978 in Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese actress. ... Toshiaki Karasawa (唐沢寿明 Karasawa Toshiaki) is a Japanese theatre and film actor. ... Jun Kaname (born in 21th February in 1981) is a Japanese actor. ...

Overview

The film is based on a 1973 anime television series, Shinzō Ningen Kyashān (translated as "Neo-Human Casshern" and known as just Casshan in the United States) from animation studio Tatsunoko Productions. Along with contemporary films Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Immortal, and Sin City, it was among the first feature-length live action films to be shot on a digital backlot, with the actors performing in front of a greenscreen and all but the simplest stage elements added digitally after the fact. // Events The Marx Brothers Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. ... “Animé” redirects here. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... Casshan, known in Japan as Shinzō Ningen Casshern ), is an anime series created by animation studio Tatsunoko Productions in 1973, which was based on a serialization in Kodansha’s “Terebi Magazine” and Akita Shoten’s “Boken Oh” (Adventure King). ... Casshan, known in Japan as Shinzō Ningen Casshern ), is an anime series created by animation studio Tatsunoko Productions in 1973, which was based on a serialization in Kodansha’s “Terebi Magazine” and Akita Shoten’s “Boken Oh” (Adventure King). ... Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a film released on September 17, 2004 in the United States. ... Immortal (French: Immortel (Ad Vitam)) is a 2004 English language, but French-produced science fiction film, directed by artist Enki Bilal and based upon his graphic novel La Foire aux immortels (The Carnival of Immortals). ... Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir anthology film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. ... An example of the digital backlot as used on the film Sin City (2005). ... The bluescreen setup. ...

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The theme song, "Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro", was written and sung by the director's then wife, Japanese pop singer Utada Hikaru. The theme music of a radio or television program is a piece that is written specifically for that show and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ... Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro lit. ... J-pop (or Jpop) is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Utada redirects here. ...

Casshern debuted on April 24th, premiering in fifth place with a total gross of $1,530,216 U.S.D in 181 theaters. Staying within the top ten for five weeks, the film went on to make under $13 million. The production cost was estimated at $6 million.

In 2004, Go Fish Pictures, the specialty division of DreamWorks, announced they had acquired the rights to Casshern. Although the official U.S. website states it's coming soon to theaters, there has been no official date set since the announcement. Go Fish Pictures is the specialty film division of the DreamWorks SKG film studio, which is owned by Paramount Pictures, itself a subsidiary of Viacom. ...

The DVD will receive an official Region 1 Release on October 16th 2007 and can be seen Here on Amazon.com.

Trivia

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• The helmet in the middle of the shelf in the scene shot in Dr Kozuki's lab is a reference to the helmet shown in the original Casshern television show, an integral part of Casshern's armour. Dr Kozuki's designs suggest that Tetsuya's battle suit was supposed to go with the helmet as it was in the anime but it was blown to bits by Saguree before Tetsuya got the chance to wear it. While it is never worn in the film, it is originally found almost constantly in the source material.

• The bed that Midori remains in for much of the film is also a reference to the original Casshern source material. Tetsuya's mother was originally imprisoned in a robotic swan, which helped him somewhat in his quest to defeat Burai. Notice that the headboard of the bed is a massive metal swan with wings spread and neck craned.

• Another point of note can be found when Luna enters Burai's locked room near the end of the film, and finds the small plants growing there. In the original story, the Neo-Sapiens (Shinzo Ningen), a race of androids, were built by Dr. Azuma to guard the plant life growing on Earth and defeat the prevailing pollution. However, Burai sees the easiest way to protect plants as annihilating the root of the problem: humanity.

• The Eurasian Zone 7 Professor who shelters Luna and Tetsuya in the second half of the film owns a large dog, named "Flender", or "Friender". This dog, who plays a cameo role in the film, is named after Casshern's dog "Lucky", who is killed early on in the anime, and later resurrected as his robotic attacking sidekick "Friendar", or "Friender", a dog with a flamethrower in his mouth and with several modes of transformation.

• Shinji Higuchi was the storyboard artist for the action scenes.

• Dedicated fans of the anime Bleach may notice some of the same music played throughout the movie (during the fight scene with the 1st Neo-Sapien, for example). This is because composer Shiro Sagisu worked on Bleach and Casshern at the same time.

• Hisashi and Takuro from the band GLAY appear in a cameo.

• The robots in Burai's army are designed faithful to the original material.

• Various characters (Midori, Tetsuya, Luna, and the Neo-Sapiens) in the film wear blue contact lenses to represent blindness, disease, or resurrection from the dead. In an ironic twist, however, it can be interpreted that all of these characters are blind to the suffering they are causing.

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Cast

• Yusuke Iseya as Tetsuya Azuma/Casshern
• Kumiko Aso as Luna Kozuki
• Akira Terao as Professor Kotaro Azuma
• Kanako Higuchi as Midori Azuma
• Fumiyo Kohinata as Professor Kozuki
• Hiroyuki Miyasako as Akubon
• Jun Kaname as Barashin
• Hidetoshi Nishijima as Lieutenant-Colonel Kamijo
• Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Kaoru Naito
• Susumu Terajima as Sakamoto
• Hideji Otaki as President Kamijo
• Tatsuya Mihashi as Professor Furoi
• Toshiaki Karasawa as Burai
• Mayumi Sada as Saguree
• Tetsuji Tamayama

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External links

• Casshern.com Official Site
• Casshern U.S. Official Homepage
• Casshern at the Internet Movie Database
• Trailer at Apple.co.jp (QuickTime required, in Japanese only)