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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (2022)

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? poster
Original title
大怪獣のあとしまつ
Directed by
Satoshi Miki
Genre
drama film, comedy film, kaiju
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
G
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A giant monster dies and its massive corpse becomes a bureaucratic headache for the Japanese government. Officials and workers scramble to deal with the logistics of disposing the body. The film follows their absurd and messy efforts.

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What happens

What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (Japanese: 大怪獣のあとしまつ, lit. 'Aftermath of the Giant Monster') is a 2022 Japanese comedy-drama kaiju film written and directed by Satoshi Miki, starring Ryosuke Yamada, Tao Tsuchiya and Gaku Hamada. It is the first co-production between film studios Toei Company and Shochiku. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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