Crab Goalkeeper

[1] The film portrays an oversized crab who plays as a football goal keeper.

"[2] The film was featured on the BBC documentary 'Japanorama' (episode of 5 October 2006) Members of a Japanese football team decide to hire a giant crab to play as goalkeeper.

[2] More generally, Kawasaki makes an extensive use of anthropomorphic animal creatures in his films, as in Kabuto-O Beetle or in Executive Koala.

[2] Crab goalkeeper is also considered part of "the voluntary kitsch apparent in Kawasaki's crazy productions".

Another review, calling the film a "mysterious work", found in this "series of emotional episodes provoking laughter and tears" an exploration of the way an animal can change through their contact with humans.