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Cast
Yoko Asagami
as Ellie Kusumoto
Yasunori Matsumoto
as Kouji Sugimoto
Kazuyuki Sogabe
as 1st Lt. Kilgore
Arihiro Hase
as Onose Haruo
Kazuo Oka
as High Official
Satoru Inagaki
as Command Room Operator
Masayuki Kato
as Commanding Officer (voice)
Hiroko Yamaguchi
as Female Store Clerk
Kozo Shioya
as Director of Okawasaki
Masashi Hirose
as U.S. Army General
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1987
Runtime0h 41m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresScience Fiction, Action, Comedy
Votes39
DirectorShinji Aramaki
WritersShinji Aramaki
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.1 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsMetal Skin Panic MADOX-01
About Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01
Ace female test pilot Kusomoto Elle humiliates macho tank driver Lt. Kilgore in the first demonstration of the advanced personal battle tank, the MADOX. Kilgore vows revenge, and gets his chance when the army rather carelessly loses the prototype in Tokyo. The MADOX is found by engineering student Sujimoto Kouji, who doesn't take the time to completely read the manual and ends up zooming around Tokyo trapped in a machine he doesn't quite know how to operate. Guess who gets the job of stopping the now mobile missing MADOX? Poor Kouji. If he's late for his date, it's over between him and his girlfriend. His current attire redefines the term "over-dressed." And to top it all off, Kilgore wants to make him late- as in "the late Kouji!"
Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 leans on a strong ensemble — Yoko Asagami, Yasunori Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Sogabe — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about science fiction titles of 1987.
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