Best Guy (1990)
- Original title
- ベストガイ
- Directed by
- Tōru Murakawa
- Genre
- action film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force competes to become the top-ranked trainee in an elite F-15J program. He faces challenges in the air and tensions with his fellow pilots.
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What happens
Best Guy (Japanese: ベストガイ, Hepburn: Besuto Gai) is a 1990 Japanese action film directed by Tōru Murakawa, and produced by Toei Company in association with Mitsui & Co. and Tohokushinsha Film. The screenplay was written by Murakawa with Makoto Takada. The film stars Yūji Oda, Naomi Zaizen, Masato Furuoya, Masato Nagamori, and Toshio Kurosawa. The title refers to the highest rank of the JASDF's F-15J training program. The film's aerial scenes were produced in cooperation with the JASDF, using the Mitsubishi F-15J - the country's variant of the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Seen by movie critics as a copy of Top Gun, Best Guy was a box-office failure in Japan, earning ¥230 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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