3 supermen à Tokyo

Another addition to Italy's (and Turkey's, and Germany's, since the films were all co-productions shot in numerous countries) long-running martial arts superhero series. Being shot partially in Japan, I had higher expectations for this rare movie. But assuming there's such a thing as an English-dubbed version to be called THREE SUPERMEN IN TOKYO, I got stuck sitting through some foreign-language print I couldn't understand, so the dialogue and jokes went right passed me. I could tell, however that only portions were shot in Japan, because some of the time we get white actors (ala' Mr. Moto) carrying samurai swords despite the modern setting, and trying unsuccessfully to look Japanese.

Unless you're fluent in whatever language your pirated bootleg (to the best of my knowledge, there are no legitimate releases of the film)is in, THREE SUPERMEN IN TOKYO isn't worth the effort of tracking down. But if like me you're a completest & fan of the whole series and can't get enough comedy and acrobatic karate spatterings, then go for it. This humorous adventure is pretty amusing, especially at the end when some mad scientist's machine reduces the size of our three superheroes so that they're played by kids! It's worth a chuckle, but not as fun as the original THREE FANTASTIC SUPERMEN or THREE SUPERMEN IN THE JUNGLE.