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Kaiju Mono

Original title: Daikaijû mono
  • 20162016
  • 1h 33m
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5.8/10
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137,710
Kaiju Mono (2016)
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IMDb RATING
5.8/10
65
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
259,613
137,710
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    • Director
      • Minoru Kawasaki
    • Writers
      • Minoru Kawasaki(screenplay)
      • Takao Nakano(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Saki Akai
      • Bin Furuya
      • 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken
    • Director
      • Minoru Kawasaki
    • Writers
      • Minoru Kawasaki(screenplay)
      • Takao Nakano(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Saki Akai
      • Bin Furuya
      • 'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken
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    • 3User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Saki Akai
    Saki Akai
    • Risa
    Bin Furuya
    • Kamikura
    'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken
    • Defense Force Executive
    Shinzô Hotta
    • Shinobido Izumi
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    Daiki Hyôdô
    Kota Ibushi
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    • Kota Ibushi
    Miki Kawanishi
    • Miwa Saigo
    Eiichi Kikuchi
    • Hashimoto
    Ryû Manatsu
    • Doctor Saigo
    Ai Nishina
    Shûsuke Saitô
    Raper Satô
    Ricaya Spooner
    Minoru Suzuki
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    • Minoru Suzuki
    • Director
      • Minoru Kawasaki
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      • Takao Nakano(screenplay)
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      References Godzilla (1954)

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    5/10
    A goofy tribute to the old "Godzilla" movies...
    "Kaiju Mono" (aka "Daikaijû mono") is a wonderful tribute to the classic "Godzilla" movies and everything in the kaiju genre. However, the movie does break over a threshold where it becomes more stupid than entertaining.

    And by that I mean, the fact that they turn a geeky scientist into a gargantuan muscular man to fight the kaiju that has come to Japan to reclaim its lost egg. Not only does he turn into a giant, but he also becomes a whole different person - both in appearance and demeanor. (They even changed the actor for him, twice). That was just a bitter pill to swallow.

    Aside from that, then "Kaiju Mono" was actually entertaining, because it was goofy enough to be funny without it slipping fully into being a comedy, and it also had the same goofy special effects as seen in the old "Godzilla" movies - such as toy tanks, lousy fireworks, obvious toy cars parked near toy buildings. But since this was intentional, it was very much in the spirit of paying homage to the old, classic "Godzilla" movies. And I enjoyed that. However, if you are not a fan of those old movies, then you will not enjoy that aspect of the movie.

    The acting in the movie was adequate, taking into consideration the extends of the script and storyline. However, don't go expecting a Shakespearian experience here.

    "Kaiju Mono" was actually adequately entertaining for what it turned out to be. But hardly a movie you will watch more than once.
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      • July 16, 2016 (Japan)
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      • Japan
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      • Japanese
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      1 hour 33 minutes
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