From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'
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Mikisuke Haruyama
Shinichi Urata
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Tomoha Watanabe
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Minoru Kawasaki
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Nobuyo Nomura
Sayaka Tashiro
Etsuko Mizunashi
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Aya Koizumi
Hitomi Kisaragi
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Masakazu Migita
Akihiro Shimizu
Hyogo Urata
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Michiko Shimizu
Amano Urata
Known for
Belle
Tamegoro Sudo
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Osamu Ebara
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Yakuza Zombie
Ryujiro Suzuki
Hashiguchi
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Minoru Kawasaki Director · Masakazu Migita Writer
First release May 26, 2006 · Produced in Japan · Original title かにゴールキーパー
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Japan
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Original title
かにゴールキーパー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 26, 2006
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No release date listed for United States.
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