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Detroit Metal City

2008-08-22 · 104 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy

Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.

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Directors
Toshio Lee
Production companies
TOHO, Horipro, Hakusensha, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), dentsu, d-rights, PARCO, Stardust Pictures, Tokyo FM, Yahoo! Japan, Nippan Group Holdings, TSUTAYA Group
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kenichi MatsuyamaKenichi MatsuyamaSôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Rosa KatoRosa KatoYuri Aikawa
Ryuji AkiyamaRyuji AkiyamaTerumichi Nishida / Camus
Yoshihiko HosodaYoshihiko HosodaMasayuki Wada / Alexander Jagi
Kazuma SuzukiKazuma SuzukiHidetaka Asato
Issey TakahashiIssey TakahashiHideki Saji (singer of Tetrapod Melon Tea)
MinamiMinamiNia
Yasuko MatsuyukiYasuko MatsuyukiManager
Yosuke OchiMC Kiba (Susumu Kibayashi)
Nobuhiko OtaniDJ Raika
Yoshiko MiyazakiYoshiko MiyazakiKeiko Negishi
Ryo KatoRyo KatoToshihiko Negishi
Gene SimmonsGene SimmonsJack Il Dark
Koji OhkuraKoji Ohkura
Yoshinori OkadaYoshinori Okada
Kaera Kimura
Daikichi SugawaraDaikichi Sugawara
Seijun NobukawaSeijun Nobukawa
Rumi Hiragi
Seiko TakumaSeiko Takuma

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