Devilman (film)

Devilman
Directed by	Hiroyuki Nasu
Written by	Machiko Nasu
Based on	Devilman by Go Nagai
Produced by	Riuko Tominaga
Starring	[fr]  [fr]
Production company	Toei Company
Release date	9 October 2004 (2004-10-09)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Devilman (デビルマン) is a 2004 Japanese superhero film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu.^[1] It is based on the manga series of the same name.

Production[]

Devilman had a final production budget of ¥5,200,000,000.

The movie was first scheduled for a May 2004 release, but was postponed due to reshoots. Special effects were produced by Toei Company's tokusatsu and anime divisions, under the joint name T-Visual.

Cast[]

•  [fr] – Akira Fudo
•  [fr] – Ryo Asuka
• Ayana Sakai – Miki Makimura
• Asuka Shibuya – Miko
• Ryudo Uzaki – Keisuke Makimura (Miki's father)
• Yoko Aki – Emi Makimura (Miki's mother)
• Ai Tominaga – Silene
• Bob Sapp – World Newscaster
• Hiroyuki Matsumoto
• Mark Musashi – LAPD

Reception[]

The movie topped an annual poll by the magazine Eiga Hihō for the worst movie, attracting five times as many votes as the second-place film, and also got first place at the Bunshun Kiichigo Awards and Sports Hochi's Hebi-Ichigo Awards.^[2] It was voted the worst Japanese film of the 2000s in an online poll, which noted that the excitement of the manga series getting a film adaptation increased the universal disappointment with the film.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Devilman at IMDb
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 20, 2007)

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