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Earth Defense Widow (2014)

Earth Defense Widow poster
Original title
地球防衛未亡人
Directed by
Minoru Kawasaki
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
3.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A giant space monster attacks Japan and starts eating nuclear fuel. A female soldier whose fiance was killed by the monster gets turned on every time she attacks it. The government tries to use the monster for garbage disposal while others argue over who owns it.

campyabsurdistsatiricalgonzoenergeticunseriouslow-budgetchaotic

What happens

『地球防衛未亡人』(ちきゅうぼうえいみぼうじん)は、2014年2月8日公開の日本映画。 ある日突然、日本の南方海上に浮かぶ三角諸島に宇宙怪獣ベムラスが襲来し、日本各地の原子力発電所の使用済み核燃料を次々と食べていく。その放射能除染能力に着目した隣国、中国、韓国がその怪獣の領有を主張し、米国を巻き込んだ外交問題と化することになった。決断を迫られる宇部総理の下に石倉元東京都知事が押しかけ、政治圧力が加えられたことにより、怪獣退治は地球防衛軍の手に委ねられることになった。 かつてベムラスに婚約者を殺された地球防衛軍の優秀な女性隊員・ダンは敵討ちの絶好の機会ととらえるが、なぜかベムラスを攻撃するたびにエクスタシーを感じてしまう。一方、日本政府はベムラスを使用済み核燃料の処理に利用しようと画策し、地球防衛軍にベムラスへの攻撃中止を命じるが、やがてベムラスの腹は限界に達してしまう。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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