Gantz (film)

Gantz
Directed byShinsuke Sato
Screenplay byYūsuke Watanabe
Based onGantz
by Hiroya Oku
Produced byTakahiro Sato
StarringKazunari Ninomiya
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Yuriko Yoshitaka
Music byKenji Kawai
Distributed byToho
Release dates
Gantz:
  • January 29, 2011 (2011-01-29) (Japan)
Gantz: Perfect Answer:
  • April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23) (Japan)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget2.1 billion yen (total)[1]
Box office7.4 billion yen (total)[2][3]

Gantz is a Japanese series of live-action action horror science fiction[4] films. The Gantz series is based on Hiroya Oku's manga series, Gantz. The films are titled Gantz, the sequel Gantz: Perfect Answer, and a made-for-TV movie titled Another Gantz.

The first film, starring Kazunari Ninomiya and Kenichi Matsuyama, follows two high school students who die and are transported to an alternate world. In this alternate reality, a black sphere gives them a mission to kill aliens.

  1. ^ "GANTZ: Manga Gets The Hollywood Treatment". mtviggy.com. January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  2. ^ "Gantz (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Lujano, Mona Rose. ""Gantz" a Japanese horror action landed on Hollywood". Entertainment Today. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2021.