Crab Goalkeeper

Crab Goalkeeper (2006)

かにゴールキーパー

From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'

Date of release
2006-05-26
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Minoru Kawasaki

Casting

Interesting facts

Crab Goalkeeper is a 2006 Japanese monster and sports comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki and starring Hiroshi Fujioka and Naoto Takenaka. The film portrays an oversized crab who plays as a football goal keeper. Kawasaki described it as being "like Forrest Gump, but with a crab."

Background

Alongside with two other films, The Calamari Wrestler and Monster Seafood War. Crab Goalkeeper has been noted as an example of one of Kawasaki's signature subgenres: "Sea Life Sports films". More generally, Kawasaki makes an extensive use of anthropomorphic animal creatures in his films, as in Kabuto-O Beetle or in Executive Koala. Crab Goalkeeper is also considered part of "the voluntary kitsch apparent in Kawasaki's crazy productions".

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