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2006 Japanese film
Crab Goalkeeper
Directed byMinoru Kawasaki
Release date
  • May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)
Running time92 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Crab Goalkeeper (かにゴールキーパー, Kani 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."

The film was featured on the BBC documentary 'Japanorama' (episode of 5 October 2006)

Plot

Members of a Japanese football team decide to hire a giant crab to play as goalkeeper.

Cast

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".

Reception

The film was described as "another attempt at dealing with bizarre topics" in Kawasaki's career. Another review, calling the film a "mysterious work", found in this "series of emotional episodes provoking laughter and tears" an exploration of the way an animal can change through their contact with humans.

References

  1. ジョルダン. "かにゴールキーパーの上映スケジュール・映画情報". 映画の時間 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  2. ^ "The bizarre world of Japanese Sea Life Sports movies". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  3. "Fantasia 2020 Review: MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS Plays Kaiju Karnage For Laughs". ScreenAnarchy. 2020-08-29. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  4. Navarro Remesal, Víctor (2019). Cine ludens. 50 diálogos entre cine y juego (in Spanish). Editorial UOC, S.L. ISBN 9788491804147.
  5. "かにゴールキーパー : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  6. Pia, Natasha. "かにゴールキーパー | あらすじ・内容・スタッフ・キャスト・作品情報". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.

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Films directed by Minoru Kawasaki
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