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Taroman Expo Explosion
9.0 / 10• 2025• 1h 45m•NR• Japanese
ActionScience FictionComedy
Storyline
Osaka was the the site of Expo ’70, and among the most memorable elements of the event, standing to this day, is the "Tower of the Sun", a 70-metre-tall sculpture/building envisioned and designed by renowned artist Taro Okamoto, who some call “the Japanese Picasso”. This film is a theatrical adaptation of "TAROMAN", a tokusatsu series re-envisioning Okamoto's most famous pieces as surrealist superheroes and villains, with Ultraman-like TAROMAN, based on the Tower itself, at the forefront of it all.
Cast & Crew
Ichiro Yamaguchi
Self
Lead
Wataru Okamura
Taroman / Elan Scaffold / Sun of the Underground / Baron Pitcher / Various Others
Yuusuke Tokuda
Elan Scaffold (voice) / Dr. Uko (voice)
TM
Tadanobu Morino
Captain / Future CBG Commander
SH
Satoshi Hamamoto
Captain (voice) / Future CBG Commander (voice) (as Adrena Lin)
EK
Eiji Kawabata
Furaibo
TM
Taiyo Murasumi
Dr. Takatsu (as Bob Mursum)
MO
Mika Ogasawara
Squad Member Mami
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ryo Fujii's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Taroman Expo Explosion is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
