translated as ''Beetle, the Horn King'' is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Minoru Kawasaki. The film, from an original story by

Go Nagai , better known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist and a prolific author of science fiction, fantasy, horror and erotica. He made his professional debut in 1967 with ''Meakashi Polikichi'', but is best known for creating popular 1970s ...

and a screenplay by

Takao Nakano is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor who has worked in pink film, adult videos (AV), and in mainstream comedy, horror and fantasy films. Film critic Jasper Sharp describes him as one of the few figures in the Japanese erotic film ...

, is based on the character of the same name created by Nagai for Osaka Pro-Wrestling (Ōsaka Puroresu).

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