大巨獣ガッパ

大巨獣ガッパ (1967)

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.

Data lansării
1967-04-22
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (52)
Durată
1 h 24 min
Genuri
Horror, SF, Acțiune
Regizor
野口晴康

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Gappa: The Triphibian Monster 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.

Production

Although by different companies, Gappa: The Triphibian Monster and The X from Outer Space by Shochiku were produced and released simultaneously. Both shared similarities in production systems, being produced by the company Japan Tokusatsu Production, involved Eiji Tsuburaya's teams, and being among non-Daiei kaiju works that received tax-based governmental loans, as a result of Masaichi Nagata's attempt to export Japanese films for the purpose of…

The year 1967 was the height of Japan's “Kaiju Boom” and many Japanese film studios were doing their own monster film. Nikkatsu jumped onboard and decided to do their own film. Several ideas were hatched but did not bear fruit. There was Giant Monster Gigant (大怪獣ギガント, Daikaiju Giganto): A giant alien lifeform resembling a spider arrives on Earth and causes destruction.

In an interview with the film's screenplay writers, Gen Yamazaki and Ryuzo Nakanishi, they explained that the film got government financing of about 500,000,000 yen (about $1.4 million), which was ten times the average of a Nikkatsu film. Eisei Koi, who was the producer of the film was classmates with politicians in the Diet and used his political power to get the money.

Principal photography on Gappa lasted for about 40 days, twice the time that director Haruyasu Noguchi usually took to shoot a film.

The monster suits and effects in the film were created by Akira Watanabe, a former employee of Toho who has contributed in the Godzilla franchise, Ultra Q, and other kaiju and tokusatsu productions.

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