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The Defender (1997)
Directed by Kazuya Konaka
Science Fiction, Action · 1h 35m
Computer engineer Takashi notices that a microchip is protruding from his head. He contacts a notorious hacker for help. Meanwhile, Takashi's world is turning upside down. He's robbed at knifepoint & then chased through the crowded Tokyo streets by a giant. Or maybe not. Perhaps the microchip is only making him think these things are happening. Soon he realizes there's a connection between all the bizarre traumas and a girl named Masami. Seemingly, all his troubles started when she visited his repair shop and asked him to fix her CD-ROM unit. Eventually Takashi finds himself psychically linked to the girl. As it turns out, they are secret government-made humanoids, programmed to live undetected within society an then - when the need should arise - they are activated as professional fighters; The action of the movie itself plays like the Defender arcade game.
Cast
Toshiro Yanagiba
Miho Kanno
Kenji Takano
Tomorowo Taguchi
Masaomi Hiraga
Shiro Sano
Crew
- Director
- Kazuya Konaka
- Writer
- Chiaki J. Konaka
- Editor
- Toshirô Matsutake
Details
- Release date
- 1997-02-01
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Image Factory IM Co. Ltd., TV Tokyo, Suntory, Pal Entertainments Production