Gantz: Perfect Answer

The conclusion of the live-action adaptation of Japan's popular cult manga and anime series...

"Death is not necessarily the end in Sato Shinsuke’s blockbuster live-action adaptation of the incredibly bizarre anime series Gantz. We meet childhood friends Kurono Kei (Ninomiya Kazunari, Letters from Iwo Jima) and Kato Masaru (Matsuyama Kenichi, Norwegian Wood) moments before they meet their demise, mowed down by a rushing subway train when their attempt to save a drunk who falls on the tracks goes horribly wrong. They suddenly find themselves dazed and confused, along with several other recently ‘dead’ people, trapped in a nondescript Tokyo apartment. Nondescript, that is, apart from a mysterious black orb, known as Gantz, which has summoned them to take part in the ultimate survival game.

"Outfitted with super high-tech outfits and weaponry, Kurono, Kato and the others are dispatched on a series of missions against a succession of increasingly dangerous aliens. Kurono quickly takes to his new role as an alien-hunting superhero, whereas Kato is keen to find a way to escape Gantz’s control so he can get back to the real world…" (Source: NZ International Film Festival 2011)

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