Directed by Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman Written by Lloyd Kaufman   Gay Partington Terry   Pericles Lewnes   Fumio Furuya   Yoshiko Miyamoto   Andrew Wolk   Phil Rivo   Joe Ritter   Cast Ron Fazio ... The Toxic Avenger / Apocalypse Inc. Executive John Altamura ... The Toxic Avenger Phoebe Legere ... Claire Rick Collins ... Apocalypse Inc. Chairman Rikiya Yasuoka ... Big Mac Bunko Tsutomu Sekine ... Announcer Mayako Katsuragi ... Masami Shinoburyû ... Shôchikuyama (as Shinoburyu) Lisa Gaye ... Malfaire Jessica Dublin ... Mrs. Junko Jack Cooper ... Big Mac Junko Erika Schickel ... Psychiatrist Bonnie Garvin ... Bad Girl Karen King ... Bad Girl Didi Mancuso ... Bad Girl Melissa Osborne ... Bad Girl Helen Wheels ... Bad Girl Raven Skye ... Apprentice Bad Girl Traci Mann ... Apprentice Bad Girl Fernando Antonio ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Paul Borghese ... Lou Sipher - Apocalypse Inc. Executive Sylvester Covin ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive William Decker ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Joe Fleishaker ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Mark Fucile ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Marc Allan Ginsberg ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Sal Lioni ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Doug McDonald ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Benny Nieves ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Kariim Ratcliff ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Michael Jai White ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive (as Michael White) Susan Whitty ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Jeremiah Yates ... Apocalypse Inc. Executive Dan Snow ... Cigar Face Andrew Wolk ... Pus Man Florence Gummersbach ... Homeless Couple Eric 'Zork' Alan ... Homeless Couple Felix Cortes ... Taxi Driver Bill Ferris ... Senior Citizen in Taxi Irene Scase Summerville ... Senior Citizen in Taxi Alex Cserhart ... Environmentalist Theresa Faw ... Environmentalist Michael Drummer ... Apocalypse Inc. Thug John Mollica ... Apocalypse Inc. Thug Thomas M. Harting ... Apocalypse Inc. Thug (as Thomas Harding) Bryan Perkins ... Apocalypse Inc. Thug / First Messenger Roy Sundance ... Apocalypse Inc. Thug William E. Benson ... Father O'Reilly (as W.E. Benson) Keith Allen ... Second Messenger Elliot Weiss ... Dog Face Emmy Meyer ... Mrs. Beasley Michael Leoce ... Police Officer Matt Miller ... Police Officer Phil Rivo ... Cookie Arthur M. Jolly ... Blind Choris Singer (as Arthur Jolly) Frank Kramer ... Blind Choris Singer Carol Mazzei ... Blind Choris Singer Doug Wright ... Blind Choris Singer Charlotte Kaufman ... Blind Baby Lisbeth Kaufman ... Toxic Child Lily Hayes Kaufman ... Toxic Child Patricia Kaufman ... Diaper Changer Sloane Herz ... Tromaville Teeny Bopper Anthony Caputo ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Darel Chase ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Kevin Colby ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Lorna Courtney ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Ron Goldberg ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Alexis Grey ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Kayko Kawamoto ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Chris McNamee ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Lu Ortiz ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee (as Louie Ortiz) Tony Peters ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee John Reidy ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Ray Seiden ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee (as Raymond Seiden) Lily Smith ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Valentine Smith ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Richard Sparks ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Tom Vigarito ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Paul Weatherbee ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Jim Woyt ... Apocalypse Inc. Employee Orentha Alava ... Tromaville Resident Ann Charbonneau ... Tromaville Resident Lori Corby ... Tromaville Resident Kathleen Footer ... Tromaville Resident Julie Fried ... Tromaville Resident Jennifer Furillo ... Tromaville Resident David Glover ... Tromaville Resident David Greenspan ... Tromaville Resident Robert Hoffer ... Tromaville Resident Robert Hoffer Jr. ... Tromaville Resident Beverly Irish ... Tromaville Resident Don Kaplan ... Tromaville Resident Glenn Keet ... Tromaville Resident Lisa Kuzman ... Tromaville Resident William Leone ... Tromaville Resident Robert Libby Jr. ... Tromaville Resident Ted Lyon ... Tromaville Resident Larry Mardany ... Tromaville Resident Domenick Mastrianna ... Tromaville Resident Cariann Mazzei ... Tromaville Resident Carol Morrissey ... Tromaville Resident Jeffrey W. Sass ... Tromaville Resident (as J.W. Sass) Karen Silvernail ... Tromaville Resident Susan Slutsky ... Tromaville Resident Myron Smith ... Tromaville Resident Debi Staron ... Tromaville Resident John Stern ... Tromaville Resident Harry Williams Jr. ... Tromaville Resident Steven Young ... Tromaville Resident Maya Shiraki ... Chain-Sickle Girl Yôko Ôshima ... Bad Girl Kenji Nara ... Taiyaki Nose Man Kenji Nakajima ... Cow Boy Takayuki Arafuka ... Sumo Wrestler Ôfuji ... Sumo Wrestler Hidenori Takahashi ... Sumo Wrestler Masahiro Ishii ... Sumo Wrestler Kei Nakada ... Sumo Wrestler Yutaka Kondo ... Sumo Wrestler Tadayuki Sugiyama ... Sumo Wrestler Hiroyuki Matsuya ... Sumo Wrestler Eiji Kobayashi ... Twin Oni Demon Yûji Kobayashi ... Twin Oni Demon Yoshikazu Fukunaga ... Villain Yasutaka Tezuka ... Villain Wataru Tsukada ... Villain Satoshi Morioka ... Villain Yasuhiro Tanogashira ... Villain Toshimi Yamaguchi ... Villain Wataru Fukuda ... Villain Yoshiko Nagashima ... Villain Kazumi Kanebako ... Yakuza at Pachinko Shunsaku Nakayama ... Shark Skin Man Nao Kotetsu ... Master of Fish Store Masao Machitani ... Fish Cutter Yoshiaki Okuten ... Kabuki Actor Masaharu Fujiyoshi ... Black Dressed Actor Saburô Isobe ... Businessman Masanori Sato ... Businessman Ichirô Yamanaka ... Bald Man Gô Nagai ... Tsukudani Expert Sayuri Niida ... Sweeping Woman Akiyo Ôshima ... Sweeping Woman Isamu Gosha ... Man at Asakusa Temple Katsuyuki Sato ... Authority at Temple Satoe Nanaki ... DJ Girl Masamori Kanbe ... Taiyaki Baker Morikazu Kanbe ... Taiyaki Baker Daisuke Katô ... Person at Odaiba Beach Ziko Uchiyama ... Person at Odaiba Beach (as Jiiko Uchiyama) Yôko Kuriki ... Person at Odaiba Beach Wataru Ohashi ... Person at Odaiba Beach Hiroshi Mitsui ... Person at Odaiba Beach Toyoko Kunisawa ... Bathing Woman Keiko Kanô ... Bathing Woman Hitomi Tawara ... Bathing Woman Shizuka Mukai ... Bathing Woman Masayoshi Hosokawa ... Bathing Man Makoto Fukutomi ... Bathing Man Takeshi Takimoto ... Bathing Man Kazumasa Suzuki ... Bathing Man Wasaburô Nakamura ... Bathing Man Sora Yamada ... Bathing Man Masaaki Fukawa ... Bathing Man Hideki Sonoda ... Bathing Man Sonoda Hideki ... Bathing Man Charles Lee Jr. ... Nipples Uncredited Cast Joe Tom Collins ... Biker Michael Gingold ... Tromaville Resident Michael Herz ... Big Mac Bunko (voice) Lloyd Kaufman ... Sumo Wrestler / Fish Salesman (voice) Scott Leva ... The Dark Rider Jan Britten Owen ... Extra Produced by Michael Herz   Lloyd Kaufman   Jeffrey W. Sass   Original Music by Barrie Guard

Additional Info Premiere: February 24, 1989 DVD Release: March 31, 1998 Blu-ray Release: April 14, 2015 Country: Distributor: Troma Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Lorimar Film Entertainment Troma Entertainment Distributors Troma Entertainment   (1989) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Troma Team Video   (1992) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.7 / 10 Our Rating 6.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,124 / 20,870 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 6 total ratings Almost Perfect 6 total ratings Average 11 total ratings Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,120 Seed (2007) #5,121 The Marsh King's Daughter (2023) #5,122 The Curse Of The Cat People (1944) #5,123 The Eight Hundred (2020) #5,124 The Toxic Avenger, Part II (1989) #5,125 The Hills Have Eyes, Part 2 (1985) #5,126 The Wrath Of Becky (2023) #5,127 A Madea Christmas (2013) #5,128 The Sense Of An Ending (2017)