MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET
(AKA: DAIKYOJU GAPPA)(1967)
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Some reporters are sent to do research for a
magazine that's planning to make an amusement
park based around the Far East! They are looking
for animals to populate the park! They land on
an island and unearth a blast from the past that
hatches out of an egg while they're exploring a
cave! They take the hatchling with them against
the wishes of the natives on the island, and its
mama and papa come after them! This got really
boring toward the end!!! C-
From a reviewer from IMDb.com:
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (a.k.a.
Daikyoju Gappa/Gappa the Triphibian Monsters)
is a fairly fun film. We all know not to expect
to much from a film like this. Just do not go
into watching it with high hopes of thinking
this movie is going to be as good as the
"Godzilla" franchise because it is not.
The movie really is not all that bad for
the type of film it is... but it does lack
the glamor and appeal of the iconic monster
"Godzilla". These Gappas or "stupid lizard
birds" (to quote the film) are more like
"Godzilla" on a mild day - they cannot
hold a candle to the beloved "Godzilla".
If you do decide to watch this film, just
watch it for joy/pleasure - to relax and
watch some mindless fun nonsense.
2/10 - Rainey Dawn
Tamio Kawaji ... Hiroshi Kurosaki (as Tamio Kawachi)
Yoko Yamamoto ... Itoko Koyanagi
Yuji Kodaka ... Daize Tonooka
Koji Wada ... Mashida
Tatsuya Fuji ... George Inoue
Keisuke Inoue ... President Funazu
Zenji Yamada ... Captain of the Kamome-maru
Bumon Koto ... Chieftain
Kotaro Sugie ... Reporter #1
Saburo Hiromatsu ... Hosoda
Binnosuke Nagao ... Cmdr. Riku
Masaru Kamiyama ... The Professor
Kokan Katsura ... Saburo Hayashi
Shiro Oshimi ... Oyama
Yoko Oyagi ... Aihara
Sanpei Mine ... Islander 1
Takashi Koshiba ... Reporter 2
Kensuke Tamai ... Islander 2
Minoru Sato ... Reporter 3
Kiyoshi Matsuoka ... Islander 3 (as Seiji Matsuoka)
Hiroshi Itoh ... Reporter 4
Mike Daneen ... Petty Officer (as Mike Danine)
Ruich Fidancer ... Captain of the Sea Angels
Paul Scheman ... Professor
Masanori Machida ... Saki
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