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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominent business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Yasuhisa Furuhara

Yasuhisa Furuhara

The Younger Daimon

Yuya Miyashita

Yuya Miyashita

Aimi Satsukawa

Aimi Satsukawa

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Dr. Akunomiya

Itsuji Itao

Itsuji Itao

Yutaka Daimon

Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Daimon's father