Japan, USA, 1967
90m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1, Nikkatsuscope
mono, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Haruyasu Noguchi.
Plot Summary
On a South Pacific island, the natives worship the deity Gappa. A group of explorers discover an infant dinosaur that is unearthed by an earthquake that opens up an underground cave. The explorers take the creature back to a zoo in Tokyo and soon enough the creature’s parents come looking for it…
Credits
Crew
Director: Haruyasu Noguchi
Manson Corporation, Nikkatsu Corporation
Producer: Hideo Koi
Script: Ryuzo Nakanishi, Gan Yamazaki
Director of Photography: Muneo Ueda
Music: Seitaro Omori
Special Effects Director: Akira Watanabe
Special Effects Photography: Isamu Kakita, Kenji Kaneda
Art Director: Kazumi Koike
Cast
Tamio Kawaji
Yôko Yamamoto
Kokan Katsura
Keisuke Yukioka (President Funazu)
Saburo Hiromatsu
Shiro Oshimi
Yuji Kotaka
Tatsuya Fuji
Koji Wada
Yuji Odaka
Mike Daning
Masanori Machida (Saki)
Alternative Titles
Distruggeto Kong, la terra e in pericolo – Italy
Gappa – international title
Gappa – Frankensteins fliegende Monster – Germany
Gappa il mostro che minaccia il mondo – Italy
Gappa the Triphibian Monster – UK
Gappa the Triphibian Monsters – USA (video)
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet – USA
Links
See also
Gorgo (1960)
References
Periodicals
- Cult Movies no.10 (1994) p.13 – review (by David Milner)
- The Dark Side no.57 p.19 – review (by Allan Bryce)
- Fangoria no.176 (September 1998) p.49 – illustrated review (Gappa, the Triphibian Monsters)
- Films and Filming vol.16 no.3 (December 1969) p.55
- Kine Weekly no.3226 (9 August 1969) p.20
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.36 no.428 (September 1969) p.193
- Oriental Cinema no.8 (1995) p.20 – review (by Christopher Elam)
- Oriental Cinema no.10 p.28 – review
- Scary Monsters no.39 (June 2001) p.111 – brief review (by Joseph C Romano)
- Today’s Cinema no.9711 (15 August 1969) p.8
- Variety 19 April 1967
Books
- Film Review 1970-71 by F. Maurice Speed (ed) p.221
- Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.88 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.148 – credits
- Kine & TV Year Book 1971 p.109
- Monsters are Attacking Tokyo! by Stuart Galbraith IV pp.109; 167 – interview with screenwriters, credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.313
