4 Movies Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto

Big Man Japan

Big Man Japan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-06-02

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2500 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedySci-Fi

Cast:

Writer:

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Mitsuyoshi Takasu

Fullplot:

An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings. The giant and the monsters are computer-generated.

Symbol

Symbol

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-09-12

Languages:

Japanese, Spanish, English

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2072 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Hitoshi Matsumoto (screenplay)

Mitsuyoshi Takasu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, clattering to the floor and setting in motion a genuinely bizarre chain of events. Soon the imprisoned man is engaged in absurd and hilarious attempts to escape the gleaming room, releasing random objects from the walls, creating a life sized mouse trap game in which a rope, a toilet plunger and an earthenware jug full of sushi might just be the keys to his escape. Meanwhile, in a dusty town, a green masked Mexican wrestler known as Escargot Man prepares for an important match. His family gathers around him, worried about his seeming impassivity before battle.

Saya-zamurai

Saya-zamurai

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-11

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (592 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Mitsuyoshi Takasu (screenplay)

Tomoji Hasegawa (screenplay)

Kèji Ema (screenplay)

Mitsuru Kuramoto (screenplay)

Hitoshi Matsumoto (screenplay)

Itsuji Itao

Fullplot:

R100

R100

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-23

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1373 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hitoshi Matsumoto (screenplay)

Mitsuyoshi Takasu (screenplay)

Tomoji Hasegawa (screenplay)

Kèji Ema (screenplay)

Mitsuru Kuramoto (screenplay)

Fullplot:

An ordinary man with an ordinary life joins a mysterious club. The membership lasts for one year only and there is one rule: no cancellation under any circumstance. The man enters into a whole new exciting world he never before experienced where crazy love goes wilder and crazier. Is it an illusion or is it real? Welcome to the world no one has dared to explore until now!

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