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Twilight of the Cockroaches (movie)

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Alternative title:
Der Untergang der Küchenschaben (German)
Gokiburi-tachi no Tasogare (Japanese)
ゴキブリたちの黄昏 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: In a trashy bachelor pad lived a colony of roaches who are able to roam freely for food or for games. Because of the homeowner being gentle with the roaches, they have no fear of traps, spray, or being stepped on. However when the homeowner starts bringing over a woman over, life starts to change for the roaches who are already living an easy life.
User Ratings: 37 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Excellent: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Very good: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
 Good: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Decent: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Not really good: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 84 users, rank: #5790 (of 10087)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.676 (Decent−), std. dev.: 2.3256, rank: #8477 (of 10245)
Weighted mean: 5.755 (Decent−), rank: #8311 (of 10245) (seen all: 5.78 / seen some: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.202 (Decent+), rank: #6362 (of 7694)
Running time: 102 minutes
Vintage: 1987-11-21
Premiere date:
1987-11-21 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 2
Comment:
Hybrid film with animated cockroaches interacting with live-action actors.
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DVD (Region 1)
    Twilight of the Cockroaches (DVD) 2019-02-26 (from $117.53)
LaserDisc
    Twilight of the Cockroaches [Sub] (LD) 1992-02-17

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hiroaki Yoshida
Screenplay: Hiroaki Yoshida
Storyboard: Masaaki Sasaki
Music: Morgan Fisher
Character Design: Hiroshi Kurogane
Art Director: Kiichi Ichida
Art: Kiichi Ichida (animation background)
Animation Director:
Kinichirō Suzuki
Toshio Hirata
Yoshinori Kanemori
Animation Character Design: Yoshinori Kanemori
Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
Director of Photography:
Iwao Yamaki (animation)
Kenji Misumi
Executive producer:
Hidenori Taga
Hiroaki Yoshida
Producer:
Mami Izumi
Tatsumi Watanabe

3D Animation: Fumiko Makari (second part)
3D Animation Assistant: Kazutaka Nonaka (second part)
Animation Photography:
Atsuo Tokutomi
Hiroshi Itō
Hiroshi Noguchi
Hisao Shirai
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Katsuji Suzuki
Katsunori Maehara
Kazumi Iketani
Kiyoshi Saeki
Kōji Kumagai
Minoru Fujita
Mitsuko Nanba
Motoaki Ikegami
Noriko Nagao
Noriko Suzuki
Ruiko Ito
Shinji Ikegami
Tetsuo Ōfuji
Tomoko Sugiyama
Toshihiko Nakamura
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Yōichi Kuroda
Animation producer:
Iwao Yamaki
Masao Maruyama
Animation Production Advancement: Yū Sasaki
Animation Production Manager: Kuniaki Nagayama
Animation Production Supervision:
Tamiko Asami
Yasuteru Iwase
Animation Supervisor: Iwao Yamaki
Art Assistant:
Jun Nakano (animation background)
Osamu Kitagawa (second part)
Ryō Ueno (animation background)
Assistant Animation Director:
Hiroyuki Ebata
Hiroyuki Fukushima
Kunihiko Sakurai
Tatsuhiko Urahata
Assistant Director: Kiyoshi Yamaguchi
Assistant Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Assistant Stylist:
Chikako Iimori
Noriko Yoshida
Background Art:
Katsushi Aoki
Yamako Ishikawa
Background Cloud Production: Fujiro Shimakura (Atelier Kumo)
Background Cloud Production Assistant: Mineyuki Yahagi
Background Photography: Shunsuke Mizoe (second part)
Casting: Wataru Akashi
Catering:
Chinami Hamauchi
Eiko Kakimoto
Mariko Izumi
Miki Igarashi
Noriko Kakiuchi
Noriko Koyama
Tomoko Tanaka
Yasuko Satō
Color Measurement: Morio Saegusa
Composite Production Manager: Hiroshi Yamamoto
Cooking Stylist: Makiko Miyaji
Cooking Stylist Assistant:
Kumi Azumi
Miyuki Furukawa
Sanae Sakamoto
Dialogue Director: Yoichi Umemoto
Documentation: Yūko Tanaka
Editing: Seiji Endō
Editing Assistant: Tomoko Maeda
Feces Production: Yasushi Kojima (second part)
Film Development, Optical: Tetsuo Kaneko
Film Development, Timing: Hideaki Arita
Hair & Make-Up: Jun Togashi
Hair & Make-up Assistant: Shinji Kamino
In-Between Animation:
Akifumi Kaneda
Akiko Ishii
Chieko Kawada
Fujio Suzuki
Hajime Sasaki
Hajime Yoshida
Hiroaki Daichi
Hiromi Nagano
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Junichi Nagano
Junko Aoyama
Kazumasa Okumura
Keiko Sakuma
Keiko Watanabe
Kōichi Taguchi
Masao Tsutsui
Masashi Kaneko
Masayuki Ota
Miki Ōtani
Minoru Hashimoto
Naomi Matsuda
Reiko Eda
Seiji Handa
Shinichi Sasaki
Tadateru Kawamura
Takeshi Koike
Takuya Iinuma
Tsukasa Enomoto
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Tsutomu Ōura
Tsuyoshi Murakami
Yoshiko Shimura
Yoshimi Kanbara
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Yukari Yamaura
Yuki Mine
Yukiko Tokuda
Yumi Gotō
Yūsuke Takahashi
In-Between Check:
Hiromi Nakai
Motoki Yagi
Motoko Hiraishi
Insert Song Arrangement: Masaru Hoshi ("Manuke na Rock 'n Roll")
Insert Song Composition:
John Philip Sousa ("The Thunderer")
Kiyoshi Nobutoki ("Umi Yukaba")
Osamu Shōji ("Cobra Zettai Zetsumei")
Ryo Matsuda ("Manuke na Rock 'n Roll")
Shun Fukui ("Kakkun Cafe Taidan-hen M-1")
Insert Song Lyrics: Junko Ōyama ("Manuke na Rock 'n Roll")
Insert Song Performance: Ryo Matsuda ("Manuke na Rock 'n Roll")
Key Animation:
Akio Sakai
Hajime Shin
Hiroshi Oikawa
Ken Ikuta
Kengo Inagaki
Kōichi Tsuchida
Makoto Itō
Nobumasa Shinkawa
Nobuyuki Kitajima
Reiko Kurihara
Seiji Muta
Shūichi Seki
Toshiyuki Inoue
Yoshiyuki Momose
Lighting:
Akio Hasegawa (second part)
Masaaki Uchida
Mitsuru Haraguchi (animation background)
Lighting Assistant:
Atsushi Kobayashi 
Hidenori Shudo (second part)
Hidetoshi Kyoukan
Hirofumi Tani
Hirohiko Hirano
Jun Takashima (animation background)
Kazumasa Kawamura
Kazuo Shimura
Kazuya Kudō
Kiyoshi Terasaki (second part)
Kyoji Abe
Makoto Inomiya
Masahiro Nagashige (second part)
Noboru Mori (second part)
Nobuaki Echizenya
Nobuyuki Seo
Shogo Ebihara
Shunichiro Mizumoto
Susumu Yasuda
Takumi Amadaira
Tetsuya Maki
Toru Yagi
Toshihiro Suzuki (animation background)
Toshiya Kaneko
Toshiyuki Imai
Yasuo Sato
Yasushi Higashida
Yasutoshi Shimizu
Yōichi Tanaka
Yukio Yano
Yutaka Kikuchi (animation background)
Yutaka Watabe
Lighting Director: Masaaki Uchida
Live-Action Photography:
Kenji Misumi
Norimasa Kondo
Live-Action Photography Assistant:
Eiji Masuda (second part)
Hiromi Enokida
Hiroshi Morozumi
Kazuhiko Ogura (second part)
Kazuhiro Suzuki
Masanao Sasaki
Norimasa Fujii (second part)
Seisuke Akiba
Shin Nakaido
Takahiro Kakui (second part)
Yoshihisa Fujii (second part)
Yoshio Nozawa (second part)
Yutaka Hoya
Music Director:
Kazuo Munakata
Zen Oikawa
Music Mixing: Michinari Sasaki
Music Performance:
Hajime Mizoguchi (Cello)
Toby Marshall (Wind Instruments)
Yas-Kaz (Percussion)
Music TD: Eihiko Ohno
Paint:
Akiko Teshima
Akiko Yoshino
Eiko Sekine
Emiko Mukaitsubo
Emiko Yasuda
Fumiko Kawano
Hideko Onodera
Hiroe Takekura
Hiroko Watanabe
Kazuko Ogawa
Kazuko Yanagi
Kazumi Hayashi
Kumiko Kunitsu
Kyoko Ohsawa
Maki Nakazawa
Mariko Hara
Masayo Kato
Masumi Takahashi
Mieko Maruyama
Mihoko Sakai
Miwako Nakamura
Noriko Fujita
Rumiko Nagai
Sachiko Abe
Tomiko Kobayashi
Tomofumi Iizuka
Tomoko Danjo
Tomoyo Kato
Toshiko Asano
Yasuko Hasegawa
Yoshiko Fujinami
Yoshiko Fukunaga
Yuko Kikuchi
Paint Advancement:
Kyoko Akinaga
Takako Kinoshita
Yōko Ueda
Paint Check:
Fumiko Matsuda
Yoshiko Kezuka
Yuko Kuroiwa
Paint Director: Hideko Kudō
Photographic Effects:
Naokazu Nagashima
Tamotsu Yamaya
Photographic Effects Assistant:
Shinji Arima
Takayori Mukai
Toshio Nanbara
Photography: Shuhei Unabara (animation background)
Photography Assistant:
Chuya Nakai (animation background)
Hideyuki Kiyomatsu (animation background)
Katsumi Ohmori (animation background)
Photography Manager: Kinichi Ishikawa (animation)
Production Advancement:
Koji Chiba (second part)
Takahiro Mochida (second part)
Ushio Shimizu (animation background)
Production Advancement Assistant:
Eiji Muto (animation background)
Emi Ohkawa (animation background)
Hiroki Shiratori (animation background)
Shoji Nonaka (animation background)
Tatsuya Nakamura (animation background)
Production Affairs: Nobuko Maruyama
Production Desk:
Junko Akashima
Shunsuke Kawamoto
Production manager: Hidenori Ueki
Production Supervision: Shinji Nukaga
Recording Assistant: Nobuyoshi Uebayashi
Recording Director: Ichiro Tsujii
Snorkel Camera Operator: Jun Horie
Sound Effects: Hideyo Sasaki
Sound Effects Assistant:
Hideharu Koike
Kenji Shibasaki
Special Composite Designer:
Hiroshi Uzawa
Mizue Nagasawa
Special Effects: Kumiko Taniguchi
Special Make-up:
Mikiko Machino
Yuko Soma
Special Paint:
Kunji Tanifuji
Tomoji Hashizume
Special Photography:
Kazutaka Shimoda
Yoshihide Akiba
Special Thanks To:
Kazuo Sekiyama
Tsuneyuki Morishima
Stage Setting: Ryōji Obata
Stylist: Yuko Miyamoto
Technical Assistant: Mikio Mori
Theme Song Arrangement: Morgan Fisher
Theme Song Composition: Morgan Fisher
Theme Song Lyrics: Caoli Cano
Theme Song Performance: Caoli Cano
Titles: Yukio Kumagai
Toy Assistant: Teruhisa Kitahara (Toy's Club)
カラー紙焼き: Kazumasa Kimura (animation background)
モノクロ紙焼き: Motoyuki Kubo (animation background)
操演: Yukimitsu Kanno (Liberty House)
Atsuko Asano as Naomi
Kaoru Kobayashi as Saitō

Eri Watanabe as Mrs. Hosono
Hiroshi Yagyū as Professor
Ichirōta Miyakawa as Ichirō
Kanae Fujiwara as Daughter
Masato Furuoya as Hans
Mitsuru Hirata as Yasuo
Ryōko Takakura as Parsley
Setsuko Karasuma as Momoko

Hajime Hana as Ichirō's Father
Katsuji Mori as Restaurant Manager
Keisuke Ōtori as Kosuke
Kōzō Shioya as Takashi
Mahito Tsujimura as Kantarō
Mariko Fukushima as TV Assistant
Masatō Ibu as Shinto Priest
Mitsutoshi Ishigami as Complainer
Taeko Nakanishi as Ichirō's Mother
Takeshi Kusaka as Alois
Takeshi Kuwabara as TV Announcer
Tanie Kitabayashi as Tora
Tetsurō Tanba as Naomi's Grandfather
Toshio Furukawa as Fritz
Tsutomu Sasaki as Poop
Yoku Shioya as Cohen
Yūsaku Yara as Commander

Akiko Tsuboi
Kanako Fujiwara
Masato Hirano
Michitaka Kobayashi
Reiko Suzuki
Ryōichi Tanaka
Seiko Nakano
Japanese companies
Animation Assistance:
Animation Staff Room
Madhouse
Animation Production: Madhouse
Catering: Family Cooking School
Costume Assistance:
Okadaya Tinkerbell
On The Table
Sazaby Live Laboratory
Distributor: Nihon Herald Eiga
Equipment Assistance:
Knack
Sanwa Cine Equipment
Sanwa Pro-Light
Studio Ebisu
Tokushu Eizai-Sha
Tokyo Eizai
Yubi Rental
Film Developing:
Create Tokyo
Imagica
Kodak Nagase
In-Between Animation Assistance:
Animaruya
Anime Torotoro
Nakamura Production
Studio Dub
Studio Pokke
Live-Action Photography Assistance:
Cinq Art
Daiei Studio
Meiko Select
Music Performance: Tokyo Academic Wind Orchestra
Negative Editing: Kamiya Editing Room
Paint Assistance:
Lee Production
Studio Bogey
Studio CATS
Studio Fantasia
Studio Kuma
Tokorozawa Group
Yūminsha
Photo Assistance: Clarion Co., Ltd.
Photography Assistance:
Animation Staff Room
Flame Pot
Madhouse
Studio Cosmos
Production:
Kitty Films
TYO Productions
Production Cooperation:
Nikon Corporation
The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd.
Props Assistance:
Dynamic Audio
Takatsu Props
Sound Effects: Toyo Sound
Technical Assistance: Continental Far East Inc.
Toy Assistance: Toy's Club
Vehicle Assistance: Pluto Plannning
Visual Assistance: All Japan Pro Wrestling
English cast
English staff
Director: Carl Macek
Script: Steve Kramer
Producer: Carl Macek

Final Remix: Deb Adair
Post-Production Supervision: Jerry Beck
Recording: Deb Adair
Rebecca Forstadt as Naomi
Stephen Apostolina as Ichiro

Bill Capizzi as Takashi
Clifton Wells as Kosuke
Gregory Snegoff as Hans
Melora Harte as Parsley
Michael McConnohie as Seiji
Steve Bulen as Yasuo

Alexandra Kenworthy as Matriarch
Barbara Goodson as Hostess
Eddie Frierson as
Airman
Retreat
Walla
Edie Mirman as
Gossip
Tommy's Mom
Jeff Winkless as
Civilian
Commandant
Dad
Restauranter
Walla
Kerrigan Mahan as
Airman
Friendly
Grump
Priest
Singer
Walla
Louise Chamis as
Gossip
Mom
Toys
Mari Devon as Rebecca's Mom
Michael Forest as Host
Michael Reynolds as
Feces
Grandpa
Robert V. Barron as Elder
Sam Fontana as
Insubordinate
Sentry
Steve Kramer as
Cop
Director
Spray
Walla
Tom Wyner as
Civilian
Enforcer

Edie Mirman
Gregory Snegoff
Kerrigan Mahan
Michael Forest
Michael Reynolds
Sam Fontana
Stephen Apostolina
Steve Kramer
Tom Wyner
English companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network (Night of the Vampire Robots; 1995)
Distributor: Lumivision (LaserDisc)
Internet Streaming:
Midnight Pulp
RetroCrush
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2018)
Streamline Pictures (License Expired)

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