Best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
In this case it’s a man in a wig strangely murdering two children before he moves to the parents including the man who is to become the Kabukiman. With the soon to be host now dead what else is there to do except pass the Kabukiman spirit to another host.
Certainly not his daughter but a police officer who doesn’t know the different between live and stage guns until at least five people have died. Now he must learn how to harness these new powers and be trained by the begrudging daughter of the previous host. The first step for some reason is eating worms. Fueled by this worm power and aided by a monkey with a gun he was able to defeat the evil power whose coming has been foretold for hundreds of years.
Rick Gianasi had to do so much to take on this role which included learning how to ride a unicycle and go through dramatic weight loss while on said unicycle. Susan Byun had to reach deep to cover all the ranges from displeased to angry.
This may go down as one of the most memorable movies we will ever see.
KABUKI MAN SAN!!!
I didn’t take screen captures.
-Charlie
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. is a 1990 superhero comedy film directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz and distributed by Troma Entertainment.
The film follows Sergeant Detective Harry Griswold (Rick Gianasi), a clumsy N.Y.P.D. cop investigating a string of murders involving Kabuki actors. While attending an amateur Kabuki play, Harry witnesses thugs gun down the entire cast. In the ensuing gunfight, Harry is forcefully kissed by one of the dying actors, unknowingly becoming blessed with the powers of Kabuki. Before he knows it, Griswold finds out that he has the ability to transform into Kabukiman, a colorfully dressed slapstick superhero who has the ability to fly and access to such unique weapons as heat seeking chopsticks and fatal sushi.
With the assistance of the beautiful Lotus (Susan Byun), he helps clean up the crime-ridden streets of New York and try to stop maniacal businessman Reginald Stuart (Bill Weeden) and his Goons, who plan to fulfill an ancient evil prophecy that will summon The Evil One whose demonic powers can enslave the world.
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