Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967)

Original title

大巨獣ガッパ

Directed by

Haruyasu Noguchi

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, action film, horror film

Country

United States, Japan

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Japanese reporters capture a baby monster from a remote island and bring it to Tokyo as a spectacle. The monster's parents then travel to Japan to rescue their child.

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What happens

Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (Japanese: 大巨獣ガッパ, Hepburn: Daikyojū Gappa; lit. 'Giant Beast Gappa') is a 1967 Japanese kaiju film directed by Haruyasu Noguchi. The film is about a group of Japanese reporters who discover an infant monster called a Gappa on Obelisk Island. The reporters cage the creature and take it to Japan where it becomes a media attraction. This angers the natives of the island and Gappa's full-grown parents, who head toward Japan to find their child. Its plot virtually duplicates that of the 1961 British film Gorgo. The film was released theatrically as Daikyojū Gappa in Japan in 1967, but only received a direct-to-television release in the United States as Monster from a Prehistoric Planet. It received positive reviews from Variety and Phil Hardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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