Underplayed Gems

Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967)

Gappa: The Triphibian Monster poster
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
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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)

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