Maniac Hero

May 7, 2016

1h 49m

★ 5.0

Overview

Nakatsu 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, who has a mysterious physical ability, Kanari, who is a female high school student with excellent information gathering abilities, and Kusaki, who wields hammers under his sleeves. As they punish evil doers, the group gains popular support and flourish.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Django Film

Nikkatsu Corporation

Toei Company

Kinoshita Group

Pony Canyon

avex pictures

VPC

PIA Corporation

Maniac Hero Trailers

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Cast

Hidetoshi Nakatsu

Masahiro Higashide

Makoto Toshida

Masataka Kubota

Terasawa Kaori

Nana Komatsu

Kusaka Kozo

Tsurutaro Kataoka

Tadashi Uno

Eiichiro Funakoshi

Aunt

Shizuyo Yamasaki

reporter

Yu Kozono

Sasaki

Kazunari Murakami

Ritsu Otomo

Eishin

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