Teaser - Karate-Robo Zaborgar (Denjin Zaborgar)

The Japanese film site Cinema Today has posted a teaser trailer for Noboru Iguchi’s Karate-Robo Zaborgar on their YouTube channel.

Based on a 52-episode tokusatsu television series which aired in Japan from 1974-1975, the plot revolves around a secret police officer named Yutaka Daimon who inherits a powerful robot named “Zaborgar” after the death of his scientist father. Zaborgar is equipped with an arsenal of high-tech weapons, has the ability to transform into a motorcycle, and is also a karate expert. Daimon (played by Yasuhisa Furuhara in his younger days) uses Zaborgar to fight against an organization called Sigma, which is led by the evil Dr. Akunomiya (Akira Emoto). However, when Daimon falls in love with Dr. Akunomiya’s robotic top aide, Miss Borg (Mami Yamasaki), his bond with Zaborgar is suddenly severed.

25 years later, the disgraced Daimon (now played by Itsuji Itao) is forced out of retirement when Sigma finishes building a giant destructive robot. With Dr. Akunomiya on the verge of unleashing his mechanical monstrosity, will Zaborgar re-join the now middle-aged Daimon and help him redeem himself by saving the world?

“Karate-Robo Zaborgar” premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 28, 2011. According to the official site’s news page, it will be competing in the “Laugh Category” of the Okinawa International Film Festival (March 18-27). Iguchi will also be holding a press conference for the movie at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival within the next few days, but there will be no festival screening there.