Product Details

• Actors: Hiroshi Atsumi, Sandayuu Dokumamushi, Yoriko Dôguchi, Kenji Hayami, Kaizô Hayashi
• Directors: Satoo Haraguchi, Tomo'o Haraguchi
• Writers: Tomo'o Haraguchi, Junki Takegami
• Producers: Akira Tsuburaya
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Discotek Media
• DVD Release Date: October 10, 2006
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000HEWERG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,489 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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During World War II, the Japanese military established a secret underground laboratory in Tokyo. Three Olympic-level athletes were selected to undergo a process that would turn them into Jinra-go, superhuman armored soldiers. By March 1945, one of the soldiers had been completely transformed into the half man/half machine ultimate soldier called Mikadroid. But American B-29s firebomb the city and, while the two super soldiers manage to escape, Mikadroid and the lab are apparently destroyed.

Decades pass, Tokyo is rebuilt, and old secrets are forgotten. 45 years later, the site is now home to a complex that includes the Discoclub Layla. The discoÂ’s patrons dance late into the night, unaware that a faulty basement generator has reactivated Mikadroid and the cyborg now prowls the basement levels, killing anyone in its path...

Produced by the legendary Toho studios, and featuring a cameo by Asian horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Charisma). Mikadroid is an underground cult classic thatÂ’s never been available in North America until now!

Starring: Yoriko Doguchi, Yuki Yoshida, Hiroshi Atsumi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Directed by: Tomoo Haraguchi

Special Features:

Trailers

Artwork Gallery

Photo Gallery

Making of Special

About the Film

Color - NTSC - Stereo - 113 Min - 1.33:1 - Region 1 - 1991 - DVD-9 - Unrated

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Droid gone crazy..., January 8, 2012

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Justin E. Mccoy (North Carolina, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mikadroid: Robokill Beneath Disco Club Layla (DVD)

This looked like an interesting title, and I was surprised to see Toho's name attached to it. The disc is good; the picture looks good, and there's lots of extras. Discotek did a pretty good job with this, but then my standards may not be as high as some others. The disc has only one audio option, which is Dolby digital 2.0; whether or not this is a weak point is open to debate. The extra features amount to a little over an hour of material, depending on how fast you go through them. I personally haven't went through it all yet, but there's a decent wealth of it available. This is definitely worth the money, in my opinion.

As for the movie, it's not so good. The mechanical super-soldier story was interesting enough, but they didn't build on it very much. As a matter of fact, it didn't feel like they built on much of anything throughout the story. None of the main characters had very good development; they were just there. The most interesting part of the story is the other two unfinished super-soldiers chasing after the Mikadroid trying to end the experiment once and for all. Possibly one thing that hurt it is its relatively short run time, which is about seventy-three minutes. Not a lot of time to develop a good story.

Still, I believe most monster movie fans would find some interest in it somewhere, as I did. The release is quality, the movie is mediocre, and the combination of both should be a relatively enjoyable experience. I hope this review helps everybody!