The calamari wrestler
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The calamari wrestler |
| Original title | Ika resurā |
| Country of production | Japan |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Minoru Kawasaki |
| script | Minoru Kawasaki Masazaku Migita |
| production | Shuntaro Kanai |
| occupation | |
The Calamari Wrestler ( Japanese い か レ ス ラ ー , Ika resurā for Japanese / English Ika Wrestler ) is a Japanese feature film from 2004.
action
Taguchi is a Japanese wrestler . Just as he has won the championship fight and received the winner's belt, it is torn from him by an octopus while in the ring. In the subsequent fight against the Calmar , he is struck down by this. Taguchi can't get over the humiliation and tries to defeat the squid in a fight.
The managers of the wrestling association are trying to make this the new star of their league. The octopus refuses to accept the conditions and to lose in a fake fight. More and more crystallized out that the squid is a reincarnation is Kan-Ichi, the former training partner of Taguchi and former fiancee now Taguchi's fiancé Miyako. He retired from sport years ago due to a serious illness.
Miyako starts an affair with the octopus, which turns it back into Kan-Ichi. Only through a ritual in a Buddhist temple can it be transformed back into the mollusc. When he stands in the ring to fight Taguchi, he has to discover that he has turned into an octopus through a ritual. However, Kan-Ichi (the Calmar) can win the fight. A short time later, while shopping with Miyako, he is knocked down by a crab, which calls on him to fight in the ring.
In the decisive battle, the great combative superiority of the crab becomes apparent. At the last moment, however, the squid succeeds in tearing off the crab's arms and defeating it. She then turns into Godozan, the great master of sport who allegedly died four decades ago. He explains that he is the father of Kan-Ichi (who is now human again) and Taguchi and that both are brothers.
criticism
“Definitely" trashy "fantasy comedy. A strangely absurd melodramatic entertainment, which the actors and directors, however, take seriously. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on Leipzig Online Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Calamari Wrestler. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- The Calamari Wrestler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in the online film database
- Entry on Saru Dama (English)
- http://www.kingdomofdesire.de/film-reviews/the-calamari-wrestler.html ( Memento from June 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive )