Casshern
is a 2004 Japanese tokusatsu superhero film adaptation of the anime series of the same name. It was written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. It is one of only a few films released in the mid-2000's (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Immortal (both 2004) and Sin City (2005), among others) to be shot entirely on a "digital backlot".
Plot
A fifty-year war between the Eastern Federation and Europa ends, with the Federation taking control of the continent of Eurasia. A resistance movement rises in Zone 7 and the Federation mobilizes its military. However, the war and heavy industry have exhausted the Federation and polluted the environment.
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| author | Dai Satō Kazuaki Kiriya Shōtarō Suga Tatsuo Yoshida |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Asia |
| director | Kazuaki Kiriya |
| editor | Kazuaki Kiriya |
| genre | action live-action science fiction |
| keywords | attack body part booby trap capture contaminate coup d\'etat environment eurasia fight genome injured kill lightning bolt local legend machine military service natural environment neo cells photo shoot rescue resistance movement resurrect resurrection robot arm shoot stem cell wound |
| musicBy | Shiro Sagisu |
| producer | Hideji Miyajima Toshiaki Wakabayashi Toshiharu Ozawa |
| productionCompany | Shochiku |
| publisher | Shochiku |
| theme | dystopian ghost japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction action superhero |