YATTERMAN

By Takashi MIIKE

NIKKATSU CORPORATION - as DISTR

Action/Adventure - Completed 2009

The world of animation transformed into a live-action film on an unprecedented scale. This is the biggest project of MIIKE’s filming history.

    • Year of production
    • 2009
    • Genres
    • Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • JAPAN
    • Languages
    • JAPANESE
    • Budget
    • 10 - 25 M$
    • Duration
    • 111 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Takashi MIIKE
    • Writer(s)
    • Masa SOGO
    • Producer(s)
    • Akira YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SATO, Yoshinori CHIBA
    • Synopsis
    • Ganchan, the only son of the owner of Takada Toy Shop, and his girlfriend, Aichan, are inseparable. They build Yatterwan, a dog-shaped robot that shares their will, and togather with a small robot named Omochama, they form a fighting team to protect world peace. So, they are our heroes, YATTERMAN 1 and 2 ! Meanwhile, Doronjo, the sexy female boss of the Doronbow Gang, and her henchmen, genius mecha designer Boyacky and brawny Tonzra, are hoaxed by the mysterious Dokurobey to find the Dokuro Stone, which is said to realize any wish but only once. But now Dokuro Stone have been split into four pieces and lost over the world. When Ganchan and Aichan learn of the Doronbow Gang sinister plot, they stand up against the villains and use their various mechas to foil their plans.