Gothic Lolita Battle Bear

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear (ヌイグルマーZ, Nuigurumaa Z; also Nuigulumar Z) is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Noboru Iguchi and starring Shoko Nakagawa.^[1][2]

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear
Directed by	Noboru Iguchi
Screenplay by	Jun Tsugita
Based on	Sewing Man Nuguruma by Kenji Ohtsuki
Produced by	Takyuki Matsuno Junnosuke Miyamoto
Starring	Shoko Nakagawa Rina Takeda
Cinematography	Satoshi Murakawa
Edited by	Yosuke Yafune
Music by	Hirohiko Fukuda
Production company	Ganges
Distributed by	King Records T-Joy
Release dates	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20) (/slash Film Festival) January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25) (Japan)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Shoko Nakagawa as Yumeko Aikawa, a gothic lolita fashionista
• Rina Takeda as Kill Billy, Takeshi's sidekick; and Nuiguruma, Yumeko's superhero alter-ego^[3]
• Sadao Abe as voice of Busuke, Yumeko's pink teddy bear
• Mao Ichimichi as Kyoko, Yumeko's niece^[4][5]
• Hiroshi Neko as Takeshi, the villain who plans to take over the world with 109 zombies^[6]
• Koto Takagi
• Honoka Kitahara
• Jiji Boo
• Takumi Saito
• Kami Hiraiwa
• Koichi Yamadera as Deparuza Charlie, a black teddy bear.^[6]

Production

The film is based on a book by Kenji Ohtsuki, member of the rock band Tokusatsu.^[7]

Release

The film had its American debut at the 15th Hawaii International Film Festival on October 18, 2013.^[8]