Minoru Kawasaki's THE RUG COP (ZURA DEKA), w/ Fuyuki Moto, Ryôji Kanô, Ijirî Okada, Tora Uganda,

Thanks to ScreenAnarchy's own logboy for bringing to my attention the fact that the official website for Minoru Kawasaki's The Rug Cop (Zura Deka - or "Dura Deka", if you prefer the romanization of U+30C5 and U+3065 as "du") is online, and there's a trailer for the movie on that site.

The screenplay for The Rug Cop was written by Kawasaki and Takao Nakano, based on a story by the former. The movie stars Fuyuki Moto as the titular character, Rug Cop (Zura Deka). The rest of its principal cast apparently is as follows: Ryôji Kanô, Ijirî Okada, Tora Uganda, Rakkyo Ide, Yûsuke Kirishima, Yakan Nabe, Mai Hashimoto, Hideo Nakano, Dr. Yoshiro NakaMats (Dokutâ Nakamatsu - a.k.a. Nakamatsu Yoshirô), Ai Iijima, and Tamao Satô. It was supervised by Akio Jissôji.

Tornado Film K.K. (K.K. Torunêdo Firumu) plans to release The Rug Cop theatrically in Japan in September.

Kawasaki's other directing credits include Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu, Kani Goalkeeper (Kani gôrukîpâ), Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!!, Executive Koala (Koara kachô), Kabuto-O Beetle (Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru) - a.k.a. "Beetle, the Horn King" - and The Calamari Wrestler (Ika resurâ).

Nakano (also) wrote the screenplays for Kawasaki's Kabuto-O Beetle (Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru) and Mitsuru Meike's Horny Home Tutor: Teacher's Love Juice (Hatsujô kateikyôshi: sensei no aijiru) - which Meike's The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai (Hanai Sachiko no karei na shôgai) was an extended version of. He himself has directed such movies as Mikosurihan gekijô: namashibori sûpâ DX, Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy (Kiseichû: kirâ pusshî), Queen Bee Honey (Bikyonyû kosupure senshi: Kuinbî Hanî), Sumo Vixens (Hana no onna sumô), and the ExorSister (Chô-yôma densetsu Uratsuki-dôji) tetralogy.

The Rug Cop large trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Rug Cop small trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Rug Cop official website
Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu trailer
Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu official website
Kani Goalkeeper trailer (downloadable 15.5 MB WMV file)
Kani Goalkeeper official website
Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!! trailer (downloadable 13.5 MB WMV file - viewer discretion is advised)

Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!! official webpage
Executive Koala trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Executive Koala official website
Kabuto-O Beetle trailer (downloadable 4.1 MB WMV file)

Kabuto-O Beetle official website
ScreenAnarchy: Kabuto-O Beetle review
The Calamari Wrestler trailer (downloadable 6.5 MB WMV file)
ScreenAnarchy: The Calamari Wrestler review