Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider
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68% Critic Match

Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider

6.8 / 10 1973 33mNR Japanese
ActionAdventureScience Fiction

Storyline

A sinister organization launches a wave of audacious attacks in an attempt to gain world domination. Commanded by the evil Professor Gill, masked androids and fearsome DARK Destructoid monsters terrorize innocent victims and wreak havoc throughout Japan. A solitary figure emerges to combat the menace. Whenever DARK attacks, a denim-clad road warrior appears, strumming a haunting refrain on his guitar. His name is Jiro, and a secret lies at the heart of his lonely existence. Jiro is a mechanical man. Vulnerable to Professor Gill's shrill flute wooing him to the DARK side, Jiro battles the evil menace by transforming into the mighty red-and-blue android known as...Kikaida.

Cast & Crew

Daisuke Ban

Daisuke Ban

Jiro / Kikaider

Lead
JM

Jun Mizunoe

Mitsuko Komyoji

Shun Ueda

Shun Ueda

Hattori 'Hanpen' Hanpei

MK

Masahiro Kamiya

Masaru Komyoji

Hajime Izu

Hajime Izu

Dr. Komyoji

Mitsuo Andō

Mitsuo Andō

Professor Gill

YU

Yukari Uehara

Yuka Akizuki

IS

Ichirō Shimizu

Hiroshi's Father

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hidetoshi Kitamura's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Flying at Ya', Android Kikaider is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker