Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967)
Daikyojû Gappa (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 30min
- Action, Adventure
- 22 Apr 1967 (Japan)
- Movie
Magazine reporters Hiroyuki Kurosaki and his colleagues brought back to Japan a monster child who had just hatched from an egg issued on the isolated island of Obelisk in the South Sea.
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Cast
| Tamio Kawaji | ... |
Hiroshi Kurosaki
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Yôko Yamamoto | ... |
Itoko Koyanagi
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Yûji Odaka | ... |
Prof. Daize Tonooka
(as Yuji Kodaka)
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| Kôji Wada | ... |
Mashida
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| Tatsuya Fuji | ... |
George Inoue
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Keisuke Inoue | ... |
President Funazu
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Zenji Yamada | ... |
Captain of the Kamome-maru
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Bumon Koto | ... |
Chieftain
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Kôtarô Sugie | ... |
Reporter #1
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Saburô Hiromatsu | ... |
Hosoda
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Binnosuke Nagao | ... |
Cmdr. Riku
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Masaru Kamiyama | ... |
Professor
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Kokan Katsura | ... |
Saburo Hayashi
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Shirô Oshimi | ... |
Oyama
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Yôko Ôyagi | ... |
Aihara
(as Yoko Oyagi)
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Sanpei Mine | ... |
Islander 1
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Takashi Koshiba | ... |
Reporter 2
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Kensuke Tamai | ... |
Islander 2
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Minoru Sato | ... |
Reporter 3
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Kiyoshi Matsuoka | ... |
Islander 3
(as Seiji Matsuoka)
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Hiroshi Itoh | ... |
Reporter 4
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Mike Danning | ... |
Petty Officer
(as Mike Danine)
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Luigi Fidanza | ... |
Captain of the Sea Angels
(as Ruich Fidancer)
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Paul Schumann | ... |
Professor
(as Paul Scheman)
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| Masanori Machida | ... |
Saki
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Tadao Mitani |
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Masako Urushizawa |
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Shirô Tonami |
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Makiko Fukamachi |
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Hiromi Hirazuka |
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Ken Misugi |
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Hiroshi Atami |
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Marisuke Hanayagi |
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Kenji Shimamura |
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Takashi Konagai |
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Directed by
| Hiroshi Noguchi | ||
Written by
| Iwao Yamazaki | ... | (screenplay by) & |
| Ryûzô Nakanishi | ... | (screenplay by) (as Ryuzo Nakanishi) |
| William Ross | ... | (english dialogue) |
| Akira Watanabe | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Alois Brummer | ... | distribution producer (uncredited) |
| Eisei Koi | ... | producer |
Music by
| Seitarô Ômori | ||
Cinematography by
| Muneo Ueda | ||
Editing by
| Masanori Tsujii | ||
Art Direction by
| Kazumi Koike | ||
| Yôichi Yamamoto | ||
Production Management
| Tsuguhiko Koishi | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Hiroshi Hashimoto | ... | assistant director |
| Isao Hayashi | ... | assistant director |
| Masaru Konuma | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| William Ross | ... | voice recording director |
| Saburô Takahashi | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
| Kaimai Eizo | ... | special effects |
| Isamu Kakita | ... | special effects photographer |
| Kenji Kaneda | ... | special effects photographer |
| Yoshiyuki Nakamura | ... | special effects photography |
| Akira Watanabe | ... | special effects director |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Isamu Takahashi | ... | lighting technician |
| Moriyasu Tsuchida | ... | lighting technician |
Additional Crew
| William Ross | ... | English dubbing |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Nikkatsu (1967) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Nikkatsu (1967) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1967) (United States) (tv) (dubbed) (syndication)
- American International Pictures (AIP) (1968) (United States) (theatrical) ({dubbed; as 'Gappa, the Triphibian Monster')
- Border Films (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Internazionale Nembo Distribuzione Importazione Esportazione Film (INDIEF) (1970) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Regia Films Arturo González (1970) (Spain) (VHS) (dubbed)
- AB Filmverleih (1971) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (1973) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Learning Corporation of America (1973) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Boxoffice International Pictures (BIP) (1975) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Cinema Shares International Distribution (1978) (United States) (VHS) (dubbed)
- Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Video Movies Leerdam (VML) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Sinister Cinema (1993) (United States) (VHS)
- Tokyo Shock (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- Navarre Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- SlingShot Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- BijouFlix Releasing (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Image Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- CMV Laservision (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- Sinister Cinema (2016) (United States) (DVD) (as ''Gappa, the Triphibian Monster')
- Levné Knihy (2004) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- TV JOJ (2015) (Slovakia) (tv)
- TV JOJ (2016) (Slovakia) (tv)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
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 do not listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, mama and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
Written by Jeremy Lunt |
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| Taglines | A Year in Production...GIGANTIC GAPPA IS HERE! See more » |
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| Parents Guide | Add content advisory for parents » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The main and end title music heard in the overseas releases of this film (for example, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet in the U.S.) were from an earlier film also scored by Seitaro Omori, the Nikkatsu teen drama/comedy film Youth Song (1959). See more » |
| Goofs | At 54:00 when airplanes attack the Gappas, for a brief moment during a view from an airplane target one can see where the fake sky backdrop ends and the movie studio beyond it. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Meltdown (1991). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Daikyojû Gappa See more » |
| Quotes |
President Funazu:
Like it? I call it Playmate Land. See more » |