The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
Practical Effects
Live-action humans stomping through animated roach melodrama
Direction
Yoshida's genuinely unhinged tonal whiplash
Writing
Cockroach marriage drama treated with Shakespearean gravity
Director
Hiroaki Yoshida
Kaoru Kobayashi
Saitô (voice)
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Ichirô (voice)
Setsuko Karasuma
Momoko (voice)
Eri Watanabe
Wife (voice)
Atsuko Asano
Naomi (voice)
Mitsuru Hirata
Yasuo (voice)
Kozo Shioya
Takashi (voice)
Hiroshi Yagyu
Seiji (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi
Torah (voice)
Takeshi Kusaka
Alois (voice)
Masatô Ibu
Priest (voice)
Keisuke Otori
Kosuke (voice)
Tetsuro Tamba
Grandpa (voice)
Hajime Hana
Dad (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Fritz (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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