Taroman Expo Explosion (2025)

9.0/10 • 105 min • Action Science Fiction Comedy

Overview

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

Ichiro Yamaguchi

Self

Wataru Okamura

Taroman / Elan Scaffold / Sun of the Underground / Baron Pitcher / Various Others

Yuusuke Tokuda

Elan Scaffold (voice) / Dr. Uko (voice)

Motoki Date

Young Squad Member

Misa Shimizu

Non

Manabu Hotta

President Washino

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