Daijōbu, My Friend (1983)

Original title

だいじょうぶマイフレンド

Directed by

Ryū Murakami

Genre

fantasy film, science fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 59m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese superhero named Gonzy Traumerai gets into strange situations. The film is a parody of popular American movies from the time.

zanylightheartedplayfulabsurdpacedcomicalcheerfulquirky

What happens

Daijōbu, My Friend (だいじょうぶマイ・フレンド, Daijōbu, Mai Furendo; lit. "All Right, My Friend") is a 1983 Japanese film starring Peter Fonda as a superhero called Gonzy Traumerai. The film, written and directed by Ryu Murakami, is based on his own novel of the same name and published the same year; it is a parody of such films as Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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