Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
“Vast! Hideous! Invincible!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 63, rated by 1 admin.
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An expedition removes a baby creature from an island and discovers that its parents are willing to travel. The familiar monster formula becomes a family-reunification problem on a destructive scale. A colourful vintage kaiju option, with dated island stereotypes in the human setup.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 5.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The wildlife collection has received an extremely large parental complaint.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 63
Synopsis and movie facts
An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
- Released
- 1967
- Directed by
- Haruyasu Noguchi
- Running time
- 84 min
- Original title
- 大巨獣ガッパ
Starring
- Tamio Kawachi as Hiroshi Kurosaki
- Yōko Yamamoto as Itoko Koyanagi
- Yuji Okada as Daize Tonooka
- Kōji Wada as Mashida
- Tatsuya Fuji as George Inoue
- Keisuke Inoue as President Funazu
- Zenji Yamada as Captain of the Kamome-maru
- Bumon Kahara as Elder
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 2097.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review describes the captured young creature and finds the plot closely adherent to established monster-movie formula.
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