Maniac Hero

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Movie: Maniac Hero (English title) / Hero Mania: Life (literal title)
Romaji: Hero Mania -Seikatsu-
Japanese: ヒーローマニア　生活
Director: Keisuke Toyoshima
Writer: Shigeyuki Fukumitsu (manga), Jun Tsugita
Producer: Kenichi Yoshida, Tomoo Fukatsu
Cinematographer: Hajime Kanda
World Premiere: April , 2016
Release Date: May 7, 2016
Runtime: 109 min.
Genre: Action-Comedy / Based on a Comic / Superhero
Distributor: Toei, Nikkatsu
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Nakatsu (Masahiro Higashide) was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with Toshida (Masataka Kubota), who has a mysterious physical ability, Kaori (Nana Komatsu), who is a female high school student with excellent information gathering abilities, and Kusaki (Tsurutaro Kataoka), who wields hammers under his sleeves.

As they punish evil doers, the group gains popular support and flourish.

Notes

Based on the manga"Seikatsu (Kanzen ban)" by Shigeyuki Fukumitsu ( published May 21, 2010 by Kodansha).

Cast



Masahiro Higashide	Masataka Kubota	Nana Komatsu
Hidetoshi Nakatsu	Toshida Makoto	Kaori Terasawa



Tsurutaro Kataoka	Eiichiro Funakoshi	Shizuyo Yamazaki
Kozo Kusaki	Tadashi Uno	Aunt

Additional Cast Members:

Trailers

Film Festivals

2016 (18th) Udine Far East Film - April 22-April 30, 2016 *World Premiere

Comments

Lisa Nov 08 2022 11:45 pm how come the actors have so many moles on their face. but they nailed it!

phikr1 Mar 09 2017 10:24 am lol while watching it i actually pictured a different scene, the exact opposite of what was shown in the movie, an epic fantasy action movie, what the hell, maybe it is becase ive read too many fantasy manga and this movie used those stereotype plot but in a comedic way

Nananana Feb 06 2017 7:31 am omg this movie is really good, well it's just good. I recommend you to watch it. Anyone know about the ost?

suegar Mar 19 2016 6:30 am I am so fricking excited for this. I'm glad Nana and Masataka are in this.

Hanee1234 Mar 06 2016 4:59 am SO FUnny I can't wait to see this movie,,

suparna Mar 04 2016 2:48 am looks hilarious can't wait for Hiro-kun to slay again <3

sophiaalexisdp Dec 21 2015 8:20 am Hahahahahaha! This looks promising! THAT LAST POSE CRACKED ME UP HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

Anna140 Nov 05 2015 6:45 am Is this japanese version of kick ass? The cast looks promising

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