Japan Release: 2011
Running Time: 130 minutes |
GANTZ
Japanese Title
ガンツ
[Gantsu]
Distributor: Production:
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Toho
Toho / NTV / Yomiuri / Horipro / FBS / HTV / CTV / TV-SDT/ Nikkatsu / MMT-TV |
Estranged friends Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato reunite in a subway over troubled circumstances: an old man has fallen onto the tracks. While Masaru rushes to the man's aid, Kei is initially reluctant. Eventually convinced, the pair rescue the old man. Unfortunately, they are not able to save themselves and die from an oncoming train. However, shortly afterwards the pair are transported to a small room, still alive. Overlooking Tokyo Tower, other strangers are with them along with a giant black orb. They discover that the strangers all have one thing in common: they all recently perished. The orb then opens, revealing weapons, suits and a silent restrained man inside. A screen on the orb then issues then a mission. The group must seek and destroy an alien target, an "Onion Alien", on Earth. While still coming to terms with their circumstances, the orb transports them out of the room. At their new location, they find a small child. The kid, though, is not human and looks similar to the target the orb gave them. Using the weapons given to them, a fraction of the group corners the small creature. After some coaxing, they brutally kill it, only for their true target to appear behind them. Angered at the death of its child, an adult Onion Alien assaults them. Among heavy causalities, the survivors eventually defeat the alien. With the target destroyed, the group is transported back to the small room. Given a "score tally", they then vanish from the room and are left to their daily lives as if nothing happened. The next night, though, they are all transported back to the small room and with a new mission...
Live Action Science Fiction
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