Norbit Special Edition

[Machine Translation] My Wife is Super Heavyweight! Eddie Murphy, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Dreamgirls," stars in his latest film, his signature laugh-out-loud comedy! This time, Eddie Murphy, the king of the seven transformations, plays the three roles of husband, wife, and adoptive father! The special makeup is by Rick Baker, a regular Academy Award winner. Thandie Newton (M:I-2) and Cuba Gooding Jr. In the Japanese dubbed version, Koichi Yamadera, a man with seven different voices, plays the three roles of Eddie Murphy. Abandoned by his parents as a baby, Norbit was raised by Wong, who runs a Chinese restaurant and orphanage. He falls in love with Kate, another orphan, but she leaves him when she is adopted. As a grown man, he spends his days being abused by his violent wife, Raspousia, and his brothers-in-law. One day, a ray of light shines on his miserable life. Kate, his first love, returns to town with her fiancee to take over the orphanage in place of the aging Wong. This reunion changes Norbit, a weak and useless man. Can he uncover the secret of his fiancee's plan to turn the orphanage into a strip club by tricking her? And will he be able to escape from the control of his devil wife?

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僕のワイフは超ヘビー級! 『ドリームガールズ』でアカデミー賞助演男優賞にノミネートされたエディ・マーフィの最新主演作は十八番の大爆笑コメディ! 今回は七変化の王者エディ・マーフィが夫・妻・養父の3役を演じ切る! 特殊メイク担当はアカデミー賞常連のリック・ベイカー。『M:I-2』のタンディ・ニュートン、『ザ・エージェント』でアカデミー最優秀助演男優賞を受賞したキューバ・グッディング・Jrも出演。日本語吹替版では、七色の声を持つ男・山寺宏一がエディ・マーフィ演じる三役を担当。 赤ん坊のころ親に捨てられたノービットは中華レストラン兼孤児院を営むウォンに育てられた。同じく孤児のケイトと淡い恋を育むが、養子にもらわれていった彼女はノービットのもとを去ってしまう。成長した彼は、暴力妻ラスプーシアと義兄たちに虐げられる毎日を送っている。そんな彼のみじめな生活に、あるとき一筋の光が射した。初恋の人ケイトが、年老いたウォンにかわって孤児院の経営を引き継ぐために、婚約者と共に町に帰ってきたのだ。この再会をきっかけに、弱気なダメ男ノービットは変わっていく。彼女を騙して孤児院をストリップクラブにしようと企む婚約者の裏の顔を暴くことはできるのか? そして、鬼嫁の支配を逃れることはできるのか?