Twilight of the Cockroaches

Nov 21, 1987

1h 45m

★ 5.8

Overview

The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Science Fiction

Romance

Family

Animation

Production Companies

Kitty Films

Madhouse

TYO Productions

Twilight of the Cockroaches Trailers

Cast

Saitô (voice)

Kaoru Kobayashi

Ichirô (voice)

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Momoko (voice)

Setsuko Karasuma

Wife (voice)

Eri Watanabe

Naomi (voice)

Atsuko Asano

Yasuo (voice)

Mitsuru Hirata

Takashi (voice)

Kozo Shioya

Seiji (voice)

Hiroshi Yagyu

Torah (voice)

Tanie Kitabayashi

Alois (voice)

Takeshi Kusaka

Priest (voice)

Masatô Ibu

Kosuke (voice)

Keisuke Otori

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