The official website for Minoru Kawasaki's Kabuto-O Beetle (Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru) is now partly functional. As was previously reported here on ScreenAnarchy, the movie is based on the eponymous character created for Osaka Pro-Wrestling (Ôsaka Puroresu) by mangaka Gô Nagai (Kekkô Kamen, Cutey Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z, etc.). The story for it was written by Nagai; the screenplay was written by Takao Nakano - the director of such movies as [viewer discretion is advised] Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy (Kiseichû: kirâ pusshî), Queen Bee Honey (Bikyonyû kosupure senshi: Kuinbî Hanî), Sumo Vixens (Hana no onna sumô), and the ExorSister (Chô-yôma densetsu Uratsuki-dôji) tetralogy. Its principal cast is as follows: Kabuto-Ô Beetle (Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru), Takumi Saitô, Shôko Nakagawa, Kaori Ôhara, Jûshin Thunder Liger (Jûshin Sandâ Raigâ), Ebessan, Torata Nanbu (he's also in Kei Nakata's Ecstasy Express (Shiberia Chôtokkyû: yokubô ressha)), Yakan Nabe, Masami Horiuchi, Super Delfin (Superu Derufin), and Bill Robinson (Biru Robinson).
Update on Minoru Kawasaki's KABUTO-O BEETLE (KABUTO-Ô BÎTORU)