Devilman (film)

Devilman
Directed by	Hiroyuki Nasu
Written by	Machiko Nasu
Based on	Devilman by Go Nagai
Produced by	Riuko Tominaga
Starring	Hisato Izaki Yusuke Izaki
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. 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

• Hisato Izaki – Akira Fudo
• Yusuke Izaki – 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. 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.

External links

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