THE CALAMARI WRESTLER いかレスラー

Akihabara

MOVIE DETAILS

Japan, 2004
Director: Minoru Kawasaki
Cast: Kana Ishida, Osamu Nishimura, Matthew Saliba, Miho Shiraishi
Language: Japanese with subtitles in Catalan and English / Runtime: 95 min.

PLOT

A championship match between two Japanese wrestlers has just come to an end, and the belt is about to be handed over, when suddenly a giant squid takes the stage! The squid proceeds to take down the new champion, and claim the belt for himself.

The film that internationalized Kawasaki is a delight with rubber costumes for the monsters, cheesy monster film special effects, an intertwined romance plot, and two real-world championship wrestlers on the film's starring cast. The final result is hilariously bizarre comedy!