Bruva (also known as Brooba) is a 1955 adventure film, Directed by Shigeyoshi Suzuki. The film was a Japanese Tarzan film based on the main character Brooba. It was supposed to be shot in the jungle but was filmed in Los Angeles. Like Johnny Weissmuller who starred in classic Tarzan films, the starring actor Shigeyoshi Suzuki was also an Olympic swimming medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Plot[]
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Dr. Watanabe ( Bontaro Miake ) and his daughter Reiko ( Yuko Yashio ) go to Africa to search for Dr. Shiga, who disappeared 20 years ago. However, Watanabe not only had the purpose of searching for the diamond mine that he once received from Dr. Shiga. A boy who can talk to animals appears in front of the party who finally fell into a pinch of desperation after many hardships. That boy was Dr. Shiga's bereaved child, Takeji Shiga, Brooba ( Yoshihiro Hamaguchi ) .
Cast[]
- Yoshihiro Hamaguchi as Brooba
- Osamu Maruyama
- Woody Strode as Native Chief
Titles[]
- Bruva (Japanese: γγ«γΌγ Original JapaneseJrelease title)
- Brooba (Worldwide release title)
Biography / Overview[]
As you can see in the synopsis, it should be called the Japanese version of Tarzan , just like Kenya Boy . The original story, Nobumasa Ikeda, has been famous for Lupine 's children's translations and Tarzan's translations since before the war, and is a movie adaptation of an adventure novel written in the postwar era. Yoshihiro starring Hamaguchi is swimming in the player, 1952 of the 1952 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle relay, first appearance was turned to the competition retirement after the actor, is the first starring role . The "blue bar" is derived from the shout when he calls an animal . Shooting of jungle scenes, the United States , Hollywood of Samuel Goldwyn Studio was carried out in the jungle set, which has been permanently installed. The director is Shigeyoshi Suzuki , who has been active since before the war, and Akira Ifukube is in charge of the music . Special shooting is by Yonesaburo Tsukiji .
DVD[]
- Released on LD software in 1993 by Pioneer LDC as one of the "SFX Movie Treasured Series"
- Released on VHS software in 1999 as one of the "Daiei Video Museum" from Tokuma Japan Communications
- In December 2015, DeAgostini Japan released a DVD (magazine) as "Daiei Tokusatsu Movie DVD Collection National Edition (34) 1/5/2016".
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