Crab Goalkeeper

Crab Goalkeeper
Directed byMinoru Kawasaki
Release date
  • May 27, 2006 (2006-05-27)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Crab Goalkeeper (かにゴールキーパー, Kani Goalkeeper) is a 2006 Japanese monster and sports comedy directed by Minoru Kawasaki and starring Hiroshi Fujioka and Naoto Takenaka. The film portrays an oversized crab who plays as a football goal keeper. Kawasaki described it as being "like Forrest Gump, but with a crab."

The film was featured on the BBC documentary 'Japanorama' (episode of 5 October 2006)