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チー公大作戦 (2001)

チー公大作戦 poster
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
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How it feels

A comedy set in modern Saitama, Japan. Two struggling inventors and a con artist team up to sell fake products on the road. In a village called Kappa, they stumble into a corrupt mayoral election and decide to stir up trouble against the scheming politicians.

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What happens

『チー公大作戦』(ちーこうだいさくせん)は、日本のコメディ映画。2001年作品だが、公開は2005年。正式タイトルは『チー公大作戦 ~メダカを救え!村長選挙』だが、サブタイトル省略表記が多い。2010年に同作のリメイク版が公開された。 舞台は現代の埼玉県。奇想天外でおかしな発明をする科学者のコンビとイカサマ行商人が巻き起こすドタバタ・コメディ&ファンタジー。売れない発明品で会社存続の危機に立たされた科学者の大作は、友人の安男の口車に乗り、チー公と呼ばれるイカサマ行商人たちに加わり、インチキ行商の旅に出る。旅先の河童村では村長選挙の真っ最中。そこでは隣町との合併を巡って政治家たちの黒い取引が渦巻いていた。詐欺師顔負けの政治家たちの陰謀に腹を立てたチー公たちが、その陰謀を叩くためにひと騒動起こす。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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