Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla

Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (1991)

ミカドロイド

During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the soldiers had been completely transformed into the half man/half machine ultimate soldier called Mikadroid. But American B-29s firebomb the city and, while the two super soldiers manage to escape, Mikadroid and the lab are apparently destroyed. 45 years pass, Tokyo is rebuilt, and old secrets are forgotten. The site is now home to a complex that includes the Discoclub Layla. The disco’s patrons dance late into the night, unaware that a faulty basement generator has reactivated Mikadroid and the cyborg now prowls the basement levels, killing anyone in its path...

Data di uscita
1991-07-10
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (8)
Durata
1 h 13 min
Generi
Horror, Fantascienza
Regista
原口智生

Cast

Curiosità

Mikadroid , also known as Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla, is a 1991 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction horror film co-produced by Toho, Tohokushinsha, and Tsuburaya Video, and directed by Tomoo Haraguchi in his directorial debut. Shinji Higuchi contributed to the film's special effects, while Akio Jissoji assisted the production as a supervisor. The film was released to Japanese home video on 8 November 1991.

Production

Originally, the project was titled Mikado Zombie and revolved around an undead Imperial Japanese soldier. Director Haraguchi changed the premise to be about a killer cyborg instead, in the wake of Tsutomu Miyazaki's killing spree and the controversy surrounding his large collection of horror films.

This film marks the first time that Shinji Higuchi was credited as a special effects director. In an interview, Higuchi recalled: "When the director, Mr. Tomoo Haraguchi, asked me to do special effects, I asked him to let me call myself a 'special effects director' as a condition. 'Special effects director' was what Mr. Eiji Tsuburaya called himself.

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