Shochiku Streams 2004 Live-Action Casshern Film Free on YouTube
The limited free release gives a new audience access to a visually ambitious live-action adaptation of a classic Tatsunoko property that has been difficult to stream or purchase in recent years.
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Shochiku is offering the 2004 live-action film 'CASSHERN' for free on its official YouTube channel from July 3 to July 16. The film adapts Tatsunoko Pro's anime 'Neo-Human Casshern', directed by Kiriya Kazuaki, with a cast including Yusuke Iseya and Kumiko Aso.
Shochiku is streaming the 2004 live-action film 'CASSHERN' for free on its official YouTube channel through July 16. The film adapts Tatsunoko Pro's sci-fi anime 'Neo-Human Casshern' and was written, directed, shot, and edited by video artist Kiriya Kazuaki. The story takes place in a world ravaged by 50 years of war, where neo-humans are created from a theory of regenerative cells. The cast includes Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Aso, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, and Toshiaki Karasawa. Battle scene storyboards were handled by Shinji Higuchi, known for his work on 'Shin Godzilla'. The theme song is Hikaru Utada's 'Dareka no Negai ga Kanau Koro'.
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