Gatchaman

Gatchaman




Director Toya Sato
Original Story Tatsunoko Productions
Screenplay Yusuke Watanabe
Music Nima Fakhrara
Photography Takahiro Tsutai
Art Yasuaki Harada
Lighting Yoshitake Hikita
Sound Hiroshi Yamakata
Co-Director Ryo Nishimura
Editor Yoichi Shibuya
Production Companies Nippon TV Network, Nikkatsu, Toho, Yomiuri TV Broadcasting, Vap, Takara Tomy, Tatsunoko Pro, STV, MMT, SDT, CTV, HTV, FBS
Release Date August 24, 2013
Runtime 113 minutes



Director Toya Sato
Original Story Tatsunoko Productions
Screenplay Yusuke Watanabe
Music Nima Fakhrara
Photography Takahiro Tsutai
Art Yasuaki Harada
Lighting Yoshitake Hikita
Sound Hiroshi Yamakata
Co-Director Ryo Nishimura
Editor Yoichi Shibuya
Production Companies Nippon TV Network, Nikkatsu, Toho, Yomiuri TV Broadcasting, Vap, Takara Tomy, Tatsunoko Pro, STV, MMT, SDT, CTV, HTV, FBS
Release Date August 24, 2013
Runtime 113 minutes

In the near future, a race of alien beings known as “Galactor” invade Earth and begin exterminating the human race. The only effective weapon against the Galactor is the energy harnessed from a rare stone. Only a small percentage of humanity can wield the power of the stones, and the most capable of these are recruited by Dr. Nambu into an anti-Galactor resistance team, known as Gatchaman. While Gatchaman continues to successfully defend Earth’s major city centers from Galactor attacks, Nambu’s colleague Dr. Kirkland perfects the Moscone, an orbital weapon that can fire anti-Galactor energy at any point on the planet. Ken and George, old friends serving on separate Gatchaman units, are reassigned to work together in Tokyo.

Ken and his team are sent to retrieve Iriya, a Galactor defector, in the hopes that he will allow them to identify the mysterious Berg Katze, leader of the Galactor. George almost sabotages the mission by attempting to assassinate Iriya as revenge for the death of Naomi, his fiancee whom Iriya had killed years earlier. When Iriya is brought to the Gatchaman headquarters, he breaks free from his holding cell and abducts Kirkland, along with the control mechanism for the Moscone weapon. George intercepts Iriya, who reveals himself to be Naomi. Naomi had been taken by the Galactor after she was seemingly killed, and was turned into the next Berg Katze. She taunts George and infects him with a Galactor virus, using him to open up an escape route.

Ken must overcome his own rival feelings towards Naomi, along with his own stubborn persistence for going by the book; it was his rash decision to disobey protocol that caused Naomi to be captured in the first place. Ken leads the team in an assault on the Galactors’ floating fortress, and attempts to recover the Moscone controls before the weapon is fired on Earth’s major cities. They manage to divert the Moscone from all of its targets except for Tokyo. Ken and George duel with Naomi while the team raises the fortress into the path of the weapon. Naomi nearly converts George into the next Berg Katze before Ken delivers the fatal blow, freeing Naomi from Galactor influence and allowing her to die peacefully. The Gatchaman team escapes before the fortress is struck by the Moscone.

Top Billed Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Ken Washio
Go Ayano
George Asakura
Ayame Goriki
Jun Otsuki
Tatsuomi Hamada
Jinpei Otsuki
Ryohei Suzuki
Ryu Nakanishi
Eriko Hatsune
Naomi / Berge Katze
Ken Mitsuishi
Dr. Kirkland
Shido Nakamura
Iriya
Goro Kishitani
Dr. Nanbu

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Koji Kawamoto
Mike Miller
Nagato Okui
Ken Washio (Young)
Kisho Omoto
George Asakura (Young)
Koumi Raimu
Naomi (Young)
Hiromi Shinjo
Gillman
Yumiko
Mei
Top Billed Cast

Ken Washio
Tori Matsuzaka

George Asakura
Go Ayano

Jun Otsuki
Ayame Goriki

Jinpei Otsuki
Tatsuomi Hamada

Ryu Nakanishi
Ryohei Suzuki

Naomi / Berge Katze
Eriko Hatsune

Dr. Kirkland
Ken Mitsuishi

Iriya
Shido Nakamura

Dr. Nanbu
Goro Kishitani
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Mike Miller
Koji Kawamoto

Ken Washio (Young)
Nagato Okui

George Asakura (Young)
Kisho Omoto

Naomi (Young)
Koumi Raimu

Gillman
Hiromi Shinjo

Mei
Yumiko