INUYASHIKI

By Shinsuke SATO

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Science-fiction - Completed 2018

New film experience on another level.
250 meters above the Shinjuku sky,
Battle between grandpa hero and teenage villein is on!

    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Science-fiction, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Duration
    • 126 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Shinsuke SATO
    • Synopsis
    • The director behind the hit live-action adaptations such as Gantz, I Am a Hero and Death Note: Light Up the New World delivers another turbo-charged screen adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s popular comic. In Inuyashiki, veteran comedic actor Noritake Kinashi plays a middle-aged salaryman who is accidentally transformed into a cyborg with incredible powers. Takeru Satoh (Ajin) plays the villain in the film.

      Ichiro Inuyashiki (Noritake Kinashi) is an elderly man, working for a company. One day, Ichiro Inuyashiki is involved in an explosion. When he regains consciousness, he discovers that he is now a cyborg with incredible powers. He decides to use his powers to help those in need.

      Meanwhile, Hiro Shishigami (Takeru Satoh) is a high school student. He was also involved in the same explosion and has gained the same the powers as Ichiro Inuyashiki. Hiro Shishigami decides to use his power to kill off all those who are hostile to him. Ichiro Inuyashiki attempts to save Japan from Hiro Shishigami.