Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City
(c)2008 TOHO/ HORIPRO / HAKUSENSHA / SME / DENTSU / d-rights / PARCO / SDP / TOKYO FM / Yahoo! JAPAN / NIPPAN / TSUTAYA Group
(c)2008 TOHO/ HORIPRO / HAKUSENSHA / SME / DENTSU / d-rights / PARCO / SDP / TOKYO FM / Yahoo! JAPAN / NIPPAN / TSUTAYA Group
(c)2008 TOHO/ HORIPRO / HAKUSENSHA / SME / DENTSU / d-rights / PARCO / SDP / TOKYO FM / Yahoo! JAPAN / NIPPAN / TSUTAYA Group
(c)2008 TOHO/ HORIPRO / HAKUSENSHA / SME / DENTSU / d-rights / PARCO / SDP / TOKYO FM / Yahoo! JAPAN / NIPPAN / TSUTAYA Group
- Release Date
- August, 23rd, 2008
- Running Time
- 104 min
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- 35mm
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- MATSUYAMA Kenichi ── NEGISHI Souichi
- KATO Rosa ── AIKAWA Yuri
- Gene SIMMONS ── Jack ILL DARK
[ Staff ]
- OMORI Mika ── Screenplay
- WAKASUGI Kiminori ── Original Story
- NAKAYAMA Koichi ── Cinematography
- TAGUCHI Takuya ── Editor
- HATTORI Takayuki ── Music
- ATAKA Norifumi ── Production Design
[ Production Company ]
TOHO, HORIPRO, HAKUSENSHA, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (JAPAN), DENTSU, d-rights, PARCO, S･D･P, TOKYO FM, Yahoo! Japan, NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI, TSUTAYA Group
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
Toho
[ Story ]
Based on a manga of the same title, which exploded in popularity by word of mouth, reaching a circulation of over 4 million copies. Starring Matsuyama Kenichi of L change the WorLd, who made his film debut with Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Bright Future.
Negishi Soichi (Matsuyama Kenichi) moves from a country town in Oita prefecture to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a trendy pop musician. Instead, he finds himself in a death metal band named Detroit Metal City (DMC) which is popular for its eccentric makeup and performances, as their guitarist and vocalist under the stage name of Johannes KrauserⅡ. Negishi hides it from Aikawa-san (Kato Rosa), who loves trendy songs, and continues with his street performance as a stylish musician. In the meantime, DMC's song, SATSUGAI (bloodshed), has a massive hit, beating other rival death metal bands and punk bands as well as hip-hop icons, and Krauser is catapulted into a charismatic position. When Jack Ill Dark, the world class icon of death metal in New York, decides to go on a world tour to battle other metal bands around the globe, DMC is chosen as his opponent in Japan.
[ Official Site ]
[ Contact (International) ]
TOHO CO., LTD.
International Business Department
1-2-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8415
Rep: SHIMATANI Yoshishige
tel: +81 3 3591 3530
fax: +81 3 3591 6610
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