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Den Ace
1989
Director
Minoru Kawasaki
Directing
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Minoru Kawasaki (河崎実), born 15 August 1958, is a Japanese filmmaker, best known for low-budget parody films featuring surreal humour and traditional practical effects. Kawasaki began his career with mostly self-financed work, including the Den-Ace short films, featuring a parody of kyodai-style Japanese superheroes, before working on Tsuburaya Production's Ultraman Tiga (1996-1997). He had his first hit with The Calamari Wrestler (2004), about a wrestler who inexplicably becomes a giant squid. He followed this up with Executive Koala (2005), about an anthropomorphic koala salaryman who may or may not have murdered his wife, and Kabuto-O Beetle (also 2005), another wrestling-themed movie, this time with a giant stag beetle. In 2006, he released The World Sinks Except Japan, a spoof of Shinji Higuchi's remake of Japan Sinks, and Crab Goalkeeper (also 2006), a film Kawasaki describes as being his Forrest Gump (1994). Kawasaki has also directed 2008's Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit, a sequel to the 1967 Shochiku kaiju film The X from Outer Space. While the original, made during the height of Japan's "Kaiju Boom" (1966–1967), is "played straight", the sequel is another parody. Kawasaki has since directed two more kaiju films: Kaiju Mono (2016) and Monster Seafood Wars (2020).
Filmography (81 movies)
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10.0
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 2: Lunna's Secret
1988
Director
7.8
7.8
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan
1987
Director
6.0
6.0
Outer Man
2015
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
President Tanuki
2022
Director
6.0
6.0
Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out!
1990
Director
6.0
6.0
A UFO Intruder
2023
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The World Sinks Except Japan
2006
Director
5.9
5.9
Kaiju Mono
2016
Director
5.9
5.9
Neko Ramen Taisho
2008
Writer
5.8
5.8
Crab Goalkeeper
2006
Director
5.6
5.6
The Rug Cop
2006
Screenplay
5.5
5.5
The Calamari Wrestler
2004
Writer
5.3
5.3
Executive Koala
2006
Director
5.2
5.2
Monster SeaFood Wars
2020
Director
4.9
4.9
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
2008
Director
4.0
4.0
Exorsister
1994
4.0
4.0
Earth Defense Widow
2014
Director
4.0
4.0
Kabuto-O Beetle
2005
Director
4.0
4.0
Super Erotic Businessman
2002
Director
2.0
2.0
Nagai Go World: Maboroshi Panty VS Henchin Pokoider
2004
Screenplay
2.0
2.0
Maicching Machiko Teacher - Mission: Challenging Tokyo University
2006
Director
TV Program That Even Monkeys Can Shoot
1992
Director
Ganso Den Ace
2005
Director
Den Ace
2000
Director
Absolutely Thin Den Ace
2007
Screenplay
Den Ace: The Final
2007
Screenplay
Den Ace: The Secret of Prince Handkerchief
2007
Screenplay
Go for it! Den Ace
2012
Director
A Man Beyond Common Sense, Den Ace
1992
Director
Honke Den Ace
2005
Director
Love Warrior Pantheon 1999
1999
Den Ace Chos
2023
Writer
Esparazor
1983
Director
Den Ace 60
2018
Director
Burn, Den Ace
2017
Director
Den Ace Detective
2016
Director
Den Ace Shimonoseki
2015
Director
Den Ace Nakano: The Mystery of Oedo Onsen Monogatari
2015
Director
Den Ace Taro: The Secret of Hot Ribbon
2014
Director
Female Prisoner Kaori Jailbreak From Prison Punishment Cell
2002
Director
Love School Girls Patty
2000
Producer
Miss Machiko
2003
Director
Miss Machiko Let's! Seaside School
2003
Director
Planet Prince 2021
2021
Screenplay
Rug Cop: The Biggest Overhead Battle
2007
Director
Ton demo horror series Oh! There is no toilet in this house!
2007
Screenplay
Ton demo horror series Oh! The lifeline is broken!
2007
Screenplay
Ton demo horror series Oh! My neck is on the plate!
2007
Screenplay
Ochanoma Transformation
2007
Director
Hair Brush
2008
Screenplay
Special Mission Erotic Man First and Last Omnibus
2009
Director
Earth Defense Girls P9
2011
Screenplay
Kaiju Sakaba Kampai!
2015
Screenplay
Invasion! Galpanda Z
2016
Screenplay
Eternal Lunna
2018
Director
Zodiac Angel Chiarat Gaiden Chanoir's Revenge
2018
Director
Nipple Drill Counterattack: ATTACK OF THE NIPPLE DRILL
2018
Screenplay
Meg Lion
2020
Screenplay
Super Legend God Hikoza
2022
Writer
Den Ace Q
2022
Director
Game of Shark
2024
Director
Cyborg Tasuke Isshin
2025
Producer
Jisshaban: Maicchingu machiko sensei
2004
Writer
Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei - Best Hit! Parade!!
2009
Director
Etrangel CheerRat
2017
Director
The Donkey Man
2020
Producer
Miss Spy
1997
Director
Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
1990
Director
Miracle Bunny
1988
Director
Miracle Bunny 2
1988
Director
Go ahead! Earth Defense Girl Corps
1992
Director
Benisuzume's Weekend
1993
Director
Silent Mobius Gaiden: The End of the Edo Period
1993
Director
Jump Out! Naked School
1995
Director
Naked Female President Manyuki
1995
Director
Akio Jissoji's Mystery File 2
1997
Director
Den Ace Kick
2019
Director
Den Ace Wedding
2020
Director
Den Ace House
2021
Director
Help Mom, Den Ace
2014
Director
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