Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
Original title: ゴキブリたちの黄昏
Twilight of the Cockroaches is a 1987 Japanese-language fantasy movie directed by Hiroaki Yoshida, with a running time of 1h 45m. It stars Kaoru Kobayashi, Ichirôta Miyakawa and Setsuko Karasuma.
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.
Quick answers
What is Twilight of the Cockroaches about?
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.
When was Twilight of the Cockroaches released?
Twilight of the Cockroaches was released on 21 November 1987.
How long is Twilight of the Cockroaches?
Twilight of the Cockroaches runs 1h 45m.
Who made Twilight of the Cockroaches?
Twilight of the Cockroaches was directed by Hiroaki Yoshida.
Cast
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Saitô (voice)
- Ichirôta Miyakawa as Ichirô (voice)
- Setsuko Karasuma as Momoko (voice)
- Eri Watanabe as Wife (voice)
- Atsuko Asano as Naomi (voice)
- Mitsuru Hirata as Yasuo (voice)
- Kozo Shioya as Takashi (voice)
- Hiroshi Yagyu as Seiji (voice)
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Torah (voice)
- Takeshi Kusaka as Alois (voice)
- Masatô Ibu as Priest (voice)
- Keisuke Otori as Kosuke (voice)