# Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0 (1978)

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**Original title**: *スパイダーマン*
**Runtime**: 24 min
**Genres**: Action, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Koichi Takemoto
**Written by**: Susumu Takaku, Shozo Uehara
**Starring**: Shinji Tôdô, Noboru Nakaya, Mitsuo Andō, Yukie Kagawa, Rika Miura, Izumi Oyama

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You witness a terrorist group's sea monster sink oil tankers. But a masked hero appears to stop them. The tokusatsu effects are so over the top. The director seems to ask: what if Marvel, but make it make no sense?

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful, unhinged

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