Summaries

Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.

In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the government for his neo-cell treatment that he claims can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. The government leaders, guarding their own deeply entrenched powers, turn down the professor. Driven to complete his work, Dr. Azuma accepts a secret offer from a sinister faction of the powerful military. After an incident occurs in Dr. Azuma's lab, a race of mutant humans known as the Shinzo Ningen are unleashed upon the world. Now only the warrior known as Casshern, reincarnated with an invincible body, stands between the Shinzo Ningen and a world on the brink of annihilation.—Frank Tinsley V

In the future, in a polluted post-apocalyptic society called Eurasia after a war against Europe, the planet is devastated by the effect of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The geneticist Dr. Azuma (Akira Terao) develops a technique called "neo-cell", capable of regenerating the body of human beings, sponsored by an evil corporation. His son Tetsuya Azuma (Yusuke Iseya) dies in the war, but after an accident in the laboratory of Dr. Azuma, Tetsuya revives as the powerful warrior Casshern, while a new breed of mutants called "neo-humans" is generated in the plant. The neo-humans decide to annihilate the humans and raise a new world.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • dystopia
  • mutant
  • live action remake of anime
  • human experimentation
  • biotechnology
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Fantasy
  • Sci-Fi
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Apr 23, 2004
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Official sites Official site
Language Japanese
Filming locations Japan
Production companies Shochiku Tatsunoko Production Progressive Pictures

Box office

Budget $6000000
Gross worldwide $12636656

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 22m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Dolby Digital EX
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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