''Mikadoroid'' is a
1991
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Japanese
science fiction horror film
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*''The Omega Man'' (1971)
*'' Outland'' (1981)
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co-produced by
Toho
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,
Tohokushinsha
is a Japanese film distributor, production company and dubbing studio based in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo. It was founded in 1961 by Banjirō Uemura (who was also once the head of the Japanese branch of ITC Entertainment) as a dubbing house for fo ...
, and
Tsuburaya Video, and directed by
Tomoo Haraguchi. The film was released to
Japan
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ese home video on November 8, 1991.
Synopsis
During
World War II
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, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in
Tokyo
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. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the soldiers had been completely transformed into the half-man/half-machine ultimate soldier called Mikadroid. But American B-29s firebomb the city and, while the two super soldiers manage to escape, Mikadroid and the lab are apparently destroyed. 45 years pass, Tokyo is rebuilt, and old secrets are forgotten. The site is now home to a complex that includes the Discoclub Layla. The disco's patrons dance late into the night, unaware that a faulty basement generator has reactivated Mikadroid and the cyborg now prowls the basement levels, killing anyone in its path.
Cast
*
Yoriko Dōguchi
is a Japanese actress.
Selected filmography
* ''The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl'' (1985)
* ''Tampopo'' (1985)
* ''Cure (film), Cure'' (1997)
* Charisma (1999 film), ''Charisma'' (1999)
* Tomie (film), ''Tomie'' (1999) as Dr. Hosono
* 20 ...
as Saiko
*Tomonori Yoshida as Tomita
*Hiroshi Atsumi as Okazaki
*
Takuya Tsuda
Takuya Tsuda (津田 拓也, born 27 April 1985) is a Japanese motorcycle racer
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as Riju
*Kenji Hayami as Kitami
*Masako Takeda as Noriko
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Masatô Ibu as Doctor
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023).
Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' i ...
as Military police officer A
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Macoto Tezuka as Military police officer C
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Hurricane Ryu as Jinra
References
External links
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''Mikadroid'' reviewa
subtitledonline.com
1991 films
1990s Japanese-language films
Films scored by Kenji Kawai
Toho films
Tsuburaya Productions
1990s Japanese films
Films set in 1945
Films set in Tokyo
1991 science fiction films
Superhero horror films
Supervillain films
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