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The Crazy Adventure (1965)

The Crazy Adventure poster
Original title
大冒険
Directed by
Kengo Furusawa
Genre
comedy, adventure
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of performers known as the Crazy Cats get into a series of comedic adventures. The film is a comedy action piece with special effects.

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What happens

The Crazy Adventure (Japanese: 大冒険, Hepburn: Daibōken; lit. 'Big Adventure or Great Adventure') is a 1965 Japanese comedy action film directed by Kengo Furusawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the fifth film in the Crazy Cats film series produced from 1963 to 1971 and was produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Crazy Cats group. The Crazy Adventure was released theatrically in Japan on October 31, 1965. It received a theatrical release in the United States on December 21, 1966 under the title Don't Call Me a Con Man and was re-released on June 1, 1993 under the title Don't Cal Me a Crime Man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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