A very funny mix of mockumentary and Kaiju movies, Hitoshi Matsumoto's "Dai-Nipponjin" made quite an impact when it toured festivals worldwide during the past two years. This tragicomic story of a reluctant Japanese hero who has to fight not only monsters, but also television-ratings and his own cowardice, was a huge (haha) local success and it got a fair share of reviews here.
To be more precise : here, here and here.
Unfortunately, when it was released on DVD in Japan those editions weren't English-friendly in the least, resulting in a lenghty wait for non-festivalgoers.
Well, wait no more!
This week sees not one, but TWO simultaneous releases of Dai-Nipponjin: a region 2 PAL release from the United Kingdom, and a two disc Special Edition region 3 NTSC release from Hong Kong.
Below are links to both, for sale through our affiliates.
Are the extras subbed?
All the main on-line UK DVD retailers have the release date for this as 27 October, and I've had it on pre-order with Play for a few weeks, but it hasn't turned up yet, so I don't know if it has actually been released here yet. I hope it comes next week, as I want to show it at my next Japanese film night!
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I've been waiting for this English/price friendly edition since all those earlier postings by Ard Vin and others in Twitch-land!! There's also a Region 4 edition with the BIG MAN JAPAN moniker (title utilized in the UK as well)coming out December 4th at various Aussie outlets ie: https://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/803081
Isn't this getting a U.S. release from Magnet?
HK release doesn't seem to have subs for any of the disc 2 bonus features.
Still no sign of the UK release...
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