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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967)
Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi
“Vast! Hideous! Invincible!”
Horror, Science Fiction, Action · 1h 24m
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.
Cast
Tamio Kawachi
Hiroshi Kurosaki
Yōko Yamamoto
Itoko Koyanagi
Y
Yuji Okada
Daize Tonooka
Kōji Wada
Mashida
Tatsuya Fuji
George Inoue
K
Keisuke Inoue
President Funazu
Zenji Yamada
Captain of the Kamome-maru
B
Bumon Kahara
Elder
K
Kōtarō Sugie
Reporter #1
Saburo Hiromatsu
Hosoda
T
Toshinosuke Nagao
Cmdr. Riku
M
Masaru Kamiyama
The Professor
Crew
- Director
- Haruyasu Noguchi
- Screenplay
- Ryuzo Nakanishi, Gan Yamazaki
- Director of Photography
- Muneo Ueda
- Original Music Composer
- Seitaro Omori
- Editor
- Masanori Tsujii
- Producer
- Eisei Koi
Details
- Original title
- 大巨獣ガッパ
- Release date
- 1967-04-22
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Action
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese, English
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nikkatsu Corporation, Manson International, Far East Laboratory