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Plot Summary:
In this hilarious mockumentary, middle-aged Daisato (Hitoshi Matsumoto) -- a second-rate, third-generation superhero -- annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, surreal, tense, exciting, captivating, mind bending, psychedelic, suspense
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The Calamari Wrestler (2004)
Plot Summary:
This wild comedy pokes fun at the world of pro-wrestling by placing its accomplished wrestler protagonist Koji Taguchi against a giant squid known as the Calamari Wrestler. The Calimari Wrestler not only proves to be Koji's most difficult opponent yet, but also has an effect on several people's personal lives when he becomes the unlikely object of a young girl's affection.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, captivating, surreal, offbeat, weird, campy
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)
Plot Summary:
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, semi serious, retro, daikaiju
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Norwegian Ninja (2010)
Plot Summary:
Norwegian Ninja is the true story of how Commander Arne Treholt and his Ninja Force saved Norway during the Cold War. In 1983 the Ninja Force discovers that the sinister NATO force Stay Behind, who take charge in times of war and emergency, are planning a coup-d'état in peacetime. Treholt and the Ninjas see only one solution: a full can of whoop-ass.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, surreal, exciting, humorous, not serious, spy comedy, funny, light, captivating, entertaining
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Now Hiring (2014)
Plot Summary:
An out of work husband takes his wife's advice on exaggerating his work experience. When he does, he accidentally lands a job as a superhero. Now with no powers to speak of, he must become a hero as his city is threatened by a great evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, captivating, independent film, campy
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Cicak Man 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set after 7 years of the event of Cicakman 2: Planet Hitam. Metrofulus superhero, Cicakman had disappeared, many people say Cicakman is dead or retire. So, The new superhero has emerged known as Superbro has become a major superhero in Metrofulus and he is venerated by many people. The man named Man (Zizan Razak) has found a box left by former Cicakman (Saiful Apek) at the Cicakman monument.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Class of Nuke 'Em High Part 3: The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid (1994)
Plot Summary:
It's the final chapter in the cult classic Class of Nuke'Em High Trilogy, and this time the fate of Tromaville hangs in the balance! Following the destruction of the Nukamama Power Plant by the lovable and horribly mutated toxic squirrel Tromie. Roger Smith (Brick Bronsky) and his half-subhumanoid son Adlai (also played by Brick Bronsky) are working to rebuild Tromaville into a place where human and subhumanoid can live together in peace. Unbeknownst to them, Adlai's twin brother Dick (again played by Brick Bronsky!), kidnapped at birth and raised by the evil Power Clite, has plans to regain contol of the Subhumanoids and turn Tromaville into a nuclear waste dump. In a showdown for the ages, "The Good, the Bad and the Subhumanoid" face off in an explosive sci-fi battle of epic proportions!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, not serious, semi serious, psychotronic
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Zebraman (2004)
Plot Summary:
Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escape fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He get's more then he could ever wish for, when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, parody, absurd, disturbing, cult classic, exciting, spoof, campy
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The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Toxic Avenger is lured to Tokyo, Japan by the evil corporation Apocalypse Inc. So while the Toxic Avenger is fighting crime in Tokyo, Apocalypse Inc. spread evil in Tromaville.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, humorous, horror comedy, slapstick, controversial, spoof, mockbuster, cult horror, independent film
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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)
Plot Summary:
High school student Mizushima receives Valentines Day chocolates from the new student, Monami. Little did she know that the chocolates contained traces of Monami's vampire blood. He gets infected from eating them and Monami confesses that she wants to live with him forever as vampires. Meanwhile, Mizushima decides that he wants to fully become a vampire with Monami's help. Keiko, Mizushima's girl friend, sees the two on the school rooftop kissing and in a state of hysteria, attempts to throw Monami off the roof but falls off herself instead. Keiko dies but her father, Kenji Furano, the mad scientist, resurrects her as Franken girl. Thus begins a deadly combat between Franken Keiko and Vampire Monami in the name of love.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, stylized, not serious, dark fantasy, splatter, horror comedy, gothic, bloody, suspense
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HK: Forbidden Super Hero (2013)
Plot Summary:
High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear and transforms himself into the alter ego "Hentai Kamen," wearing female underwear and gaining superhuman powers. This unusual interest also comes from his parents, with his father a masochist and his mother a sadist. By chance, Kyosuke gets the underwear of female high school student Aiko Himeno. With her underwear, he gains various pervert techniques and attempts to protect Aiko from a dirty and heinous teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, absurd, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, super sentai
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Infra-Man (1975)
Plot Summary:
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of monsters have decided to invade. Princess Dragonmon is an alien whose race has been hiding under us for centuries waiting to attack and the time is right. A doctor has been preparing for something like this and turns his assistant Rayma into the cyborg hero known as Inframan. Now only Inframan stands between the Earth and Princess Dragonmon but when a close friend is captured and brainwashed, can she be stopped with this inside man feeding her info?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, cult film
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RoboGeisha (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, futuristic, captivating, surreal, splatter, entertaining, bloody, cyber, horror comedy
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Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)
Plot Summary:
Zebra City 2025 – music echoing across what used to be Tokyo from Zebra Queen marks the start of Zebra Time, a 5 minute window twice a day when the city population is free to commit any crime and the Vengeful Zebra Mini-Skirt Police and masked Zebra Police can shoot civilians at will. Zebraman wakes in the street, unable to remember the last 15 years, or his superhero past. He must rely on a band Zebra Time survivors, a man who played him in a TV show version of Zebraman and a mysterious silent girl to battle this Zebra obsession that is splitting the city in to absolutes of black and white.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, humorous, weird, campy
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Boyichi and the Supermonster (1967)
Plot Summary:
Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gyaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the help of the world's scientists, to put and end to Gyaos' violent rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, classic horror, daikaiju, natural horror, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, campy
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Plot Summary:
This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a psychic bond with. As Ayana's monster, named Iris, grows to adulthood, the flying turtle Gamera begins to take an interest in this new potential threat. Who will be the victor in the final battle, and how much of Japan will be left standing at the end?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, post modern, cult film
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Plot Summary:
A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: daikaiju, natural horror, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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Gamera the Brave (2005)
Plot Summary:
Toru Aizawa, a 11 year old boy suddenly finds a tiny egg on a red mysterious stone. the egg hatches and comes out an abnormal little turtle (Toto) which not only grows rapidly, but also flies in the air and even blows fireballs. At the meantime, a series of mysterious ship wrecks are reported. Later on, even more disasters happen when a huge evil ferocious monster Lizard (Zeus) suddenly comes out from the sea and attacks, wrecks and demolishes the world. the last hope of mankind relies on the friendly great monster, Gamera, which looks similar to Toto, but disappeared 33 years ago. Is Toto the descendant of Gamera? is Toto able to fight against the huge evil?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, suspense, scenic, cult classic, daikaiju, natural horror, offbeat
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Symbol (2009)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese 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.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surreal, not serious, mind bending, deep, mindfuck, philosophical, psychedelic, absurd, disturbing, art house
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Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
Plot Summary:
An American named Anthony is living and working in Tokyo and married to a Japanese woman. When their son is killed by the same driver who creates the Tetsuos in previous films, he makes the transformation into Tetsuo.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, suspense, experimental, disturbing, controversial, splatter, serious
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Death Kappa (2010)
Plot Summary:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa". The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, retro, surreal, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Heaven's Soldiers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, rough, offbeat
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The Specials (2000)
Plot Summary:
America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, not serious, exciting, entertaining, independent film, spoof, parody, offbeat, fast, humorous
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Gagamboy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Gagamboy (Spiderboy) is -you guessed it- Spiderman parody. both the main villain and Spiderboy gain their powers by eating radioactive bugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, witty, stylized, semi serious, spoof
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Kamen Rider Fourze: Everyone, Space is Here! (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Earth is threatened by the mysterious Space Ironmen brothers, and the Kamen Rider Club goes to the space to avoid them to be awakened. However, an agent of the Alicia Federation, Inga Blink, tries to stop them. Kamen Rider Forze and Meteor fight for the destiny of the Earth and for the friendship of all beings.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful
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Zeiram (1991)
Plot Summary:
Teppei and Kamiya, two average joes working in the electronic services industry, stumble upon the intergalactic bounty-hunter Ilia, and her partner, the artificial intelligence named Bob. Both men are accidentally transported to the Zone, a virtual reality in which Bob has trapped Ilia's latest prey, a biological weapon named Zeram. The Earth natives must both survive the experience and help Ilia capture Zeram before the Zone disappears around them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 799
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, offbeat, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, avant garde
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City Under Siege (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sunny is a naïve circus performer who dreams of inheriting his father's knife-throwing skills. However, his hostile colleagues continue to bully him, relegating him to a lowly clown. On a tour to Malaysia, Cheung and other performers discover a cave occupied by the Japanese army during World War II. Instead of finding treasure, the performers - including Sunny - are sprayed with a mysterious chemical that turns them into superhuman mutants.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, offbeat, humorous, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Yakuza Weapon (2011)
Plot Summary:
After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm replaced with an M61 Vulcan cannon and his leg replaced with a rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Kurawaki has been fitted with mechanical augmentations of his own. Get ready for the second round.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, manga, crime drama, rough, humorous, semi serious
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Mercury Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
An ancient legend tells of two holy forces Lunar Mercury and Solar Mercury that will create an indestructible power when combined together. Usama, an international terrorist had studied the secrets of the legend and wants the power of both forces for his own evil deeds. During a rescue mission, one of the holy forces, Solar Mercury becomes accidentally embedded into the body of Chan, an unsuspecting fireman, giving him superhuman strength and powers. As Usama and his terrorists plot to destroy the world. Chan becomes MERCURY MAN and learns to control and use his new powers to save the world. A battle between Good and Evil begins.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, scenic, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
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Ultraman Saga (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ultraman Saga opens with a powerful apocalyptic vision of Tokyo, buildings destroyed and the city seemingly devoid of life. We are soon introduced to the Earth Defense Force (EDF), Team U (played by members of the female idol group AKB48). They and a group of young children and the last survivors on planet Earth after the world was invaded by the evil Alien Bat, the rest of the human population having been abducted.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, anime
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, fast, cult film