History Film / BigManJapan

Sadly, this inherited superpower is no longer treated with the same grace as it once was. Daisatô's senile grandfather is spending his last days alone in a retirement home, and Daisatô himself has been forced to have his fights televised and judged by an insatiable mass while he lives alone in a rather decrepit house. He rarely gets to see his daughter and it seems he's a target of green activists and others for the collateral damage he tends to cause. Of course, he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter and by the end of the film, it seems his time has come at the hands of a particularly dangerous monster.

* EyesDoNotBelongThere: One of the monsters has its one eye in what's otherwise a more... ''[[FreudWasRight private]]'' area.

** The Strangling Monster: What looks like the unholy offspring between a giraffe and the Michelin Man. It has a comb-over and two arms conjoined by cables, which it uses to squeeze stuff. Also, it [[RefugeInAudacity defecates harpoons]]

Sadly, this inherited superpower is no longer treated with the same grace as it once was. Daisatô's senile grandfather is spending his last days alone in a retirement home, and Daisatô himself has been forced to have his fights televised and judged by an insatiable mass while he lives alone in a rather decrepit house. He rarely gets to see his daughter and it seems he's a target of green activists and others for the collateral damage he tends to cause. Of course, he doesn't have much of a choice in the matter and by the end of the film, it seems his time has come at the hands of a particularly dangerous monster. [[spoiler: Suitably the ending is of the [[GainaxEnding Gainax variety]]]].

The final product has recieved mixed reactions, but many were at least overjoyed with the surreal comic touch of the film (if not perhaps so with the near [[{{Dramedy}} dramatic elements]]. Fans of Matsumoto's may be able to see recurring themes re-emerging here, as well as being able to [[HeyItsThatGuy the faces of some of his occasional collaborators]].

* {{Eagleland}}: [[spoiler: The Super Justice Team.]]

* [[spoiler: AmericaSavesTheDay: The Super Justice Team ganging up to defeat the devil monster.]]

* [[spoiler:GainaxEnding: The CGI animation is replaced with PeopleInRubberSuits, an American superhero family shows up and beats the tar out of the devil monster, and he has dinner with them over the credits. It's supposed to symbolize the decline of Japan's place in the world or something but... What.]]

''Dai-Nihonjin'', released internationally as ''Big Man Japan'' is a 2007 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto (of the [[GakiNoTsukaiYaArahende Downtown comedy duo]] fame), who also stars as the somewhat-eponymous protagonist. The film utilises a number of styles including {{Mockumentary}}, {{Kaiju}} and mild satire to build its laughs.

* AffectionateParody / DeconstructiveParody: Matsumoto is avowed fan of {{Toku}}/{{Kaiju}} genre and the film deconstructs and parody many tropes within the genre.

* AffectionateParody: Matsumoto is avowed fan of {{Toku}}/{{Kaiju}} genre and the film deconstructs and parody many tropes within the genre.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters/NotSoDifferent: The opinion of just about everyone in Japan when it comes to Big Man Japan.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The opinion of just about everyone in Japan when it comes to Big Man Japan.
* {{Kaiju}}: A tribute/parody.

** The Evil Stare Monster: It's best described as a headless tarsier with an [[RefugeInAudacity eyeball on its... earthworm penis].

** The Evil Stare Monster: It's best described as a headless tarsier with an [[RefugeInAudacity eyeball on its...]] [[spoiler: earthworm penis]]

* MagicPants: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Big Man Japan's purple pants are really that huge.

* [[spoiler: GainaxEnding: The CGI animation is replaced with PeopleInRubberSuits, an American superhero family shows up and beats the tar out of the devil monster, and he has dinner with them over the credits. It's supposed to symbolize the decline of Japan's place in the world or something but... What.]]

* [[spoiler: GainaxEnding]]

* [[spoiler: AmericaSavesTheDay]]:[[spoiler: The Super Justice Team ganging up to defeat the devil monster.]]

* FreudWasRight: The monster mentioned above under EyesDoNotBelongThere [[spoiler: falls asleep in the dark]].

* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Happens after each monster's death. ''In a live-action film.''

* ThinkOfTheChildren : Big Man Japan [[spoiler: accidentally kills a baby monster]]. People go apeshit.

* ProductPlacement: In-universe, Daisatô is forced to have adverts plastered all over Big Man Japan to gain revenue. He's even told by his agent to be careful when fighting a monster so as ''not to have an advert obstructed''.

* ChekhovsLecture: Somewhat, when Daisatô talks about [[spoiler: being taught to be wary of Americans when he was younger]].

* ProductPlacement: Daisatô is forced to have adverts plastered all over Big Man Japan to gain revenue. He's even told by his agent to be careful when fighting a monster so as ''not to have an advert obstructed''.

* MagicPants: Averted. Big Man Japan's purple pants are really that huge.

The final product has recieved mixed reactions, but many were at least overjoyed with the surreal comic touch of the film (if not perhaps so with the [[{{Dramedy}} dramatic elements]]. Fans of Matsumoto's may be able to see recurring themes re-emerging here, as well as being able to [[HeyItsThatGuy the faces of some of his occasional collaborators]].