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Gantz: The Movie Part I
Presented back-to-back with its sequel, this is the uncut, subtitled, live action movie based on Japan’s top sci-fi action manga. After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens (Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama) wake up in a room where a mysterious black sphere orders them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth. Imagine the Harry Potter and Twilight movies rolled into one two part flick, except with Japanese teenagers in tight black leather, advanced war gear, and buckets of blood. The Japan Times noted the film “stands the ‘murder-game’ formula on its head–or rather twists it in strange and provocative ways.”
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Cast: Ayumi Ito, Natsuna Watanabe, Kanata Hongō, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kenichi Matsuyama, Kazunari Ninomiya
Languages: Japanese with English subtitles
2011; 130 min.






