12/17/2023 0 Comments Terraformers plot![]() Their stories, or more precisely, the events that led to them becoming a part of the Bugs 2 crew are shown in a series of flashbacks. All characters except the one of Sakakibara played by Rila Fukushima are manga originated. Unfortunatelly, he is one of the first to fall in battle. He is hardly recognizable in the role of God Lee, the only terrorist amid the exterminating crew, dressed as Jack Sparrow would be had he been born an Indian. Perhaps the biggest surprise among familiar names and faces is Kane Kosugi. Most of the actors casted in these roles have previously worked with Miike, most notably Hideaki Ito ( Lesson of the Evil, Over Your Dead Body, Sukiyaki Western Django) and Takayuki Yamada ( Crows Zero, Crows Zero 2). The unsparing fight for the Red Planet begins.Įx-cop, pair of yakuza, murderer, teenage prostitution ring leader, serial killer/pervert the crew of Bugs 2 headed for Mars is made of rejects with one thing in common: they could all use the money offered to them for the mission. In order to exterminate the threat, evil, fashion-obsessed emo doctor sends a group of lowlifes to Mars with a special power to mutate their bodies with various bug characteristics. However, nobody thought they would end up turning into giant humanoid bugs unwilling to share the planet with other species. In an attempt to make it environmentally suitable for humans, scientists have sent cockroaches to do the terraforming. Overpopulation has mankind searching for another habitable planet, and as expected, Mars is the solution. Tokyo of the future looks like the dystopian, cyberpunk version of itself and is swarming with people adrift among large video boards and shiny neon lights. His 2015 drama The Lion Standing in the Wind was partly shot in Kenya, and Terra Formars is said to be the first Japanese film shot on location in Iceland. Seems Miike must enjoy working outside Japan. It is his latest project however, 90’s manga based movie JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, that got him filming in Spain. He’s working on a sequel to his 2014 title The Mole Song and another manga adaptation, Blade of the Immortal, set for 2017. Nothing surprising about that, Miike always was a busy director and though his tempo isn’t as frenetic as it was before, he shows no signs of stoping. He also added that the reason of his absence was his new movie that he’s curently filming in Spain. As a special surprise prior to the screening, the public gathered in Sala Tripcovich enjoyed a video message from Miike personally, saying he’s sorry he couldn’t be there in person, but wishes all to enjoy his movie. Italian premiere of Terra Formars was the first chance I had to watch any movie made by Miike on the big screen, so I feel the need to compliment the dedicated team behind Trieste S+F festival and the fantastic line-up they’ve put together for this year’s edition. In his latest directorial effort, Miike delivers a live action adaptation of the hit manga Terra Formars written by Yu Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, later followed by two OVAs and an animated television series. While his new films can hardly play with the same effect, one can always look forward to the occasional glimpses of greatness that are 13 Assassins or Lesson of the Evil. Marcos E.“Terra Formars” Japanese Theatrical PosterĬast: Hideaki Ito, Takayuki Yamada, Kane Kosugi, Emi Takei, Shun Oguri, Masaya Kato, Rinko Kikuchi, Tomohisa Yamashita, Eiko Koike, Mariko Shinoda, Rila Fukushima, Kenichi Takito, Rina Ohta, Ken Aoki, Kiyohiko Shibukawaįans and those familiar with the work of Takashi Miike might be missing the “old” Miike whoever enjoyed films such as Dead or Alive, Deadly Outlaw: Rekka, Ichi the Killer or Visitor Q, will probably say this director’s glory days are a thing of the past and talk about them with nostalgia. Terra Formars (2014) - Horror Anime SeriesĪdditional Voices (27 episodes, 2014-2016)
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