Gappa: Triphibian Monster
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£17.00
The towering, flying reptile swoops onto Blu-ray for the first time
ever! Originally released directly to U.S. television in 1968 as The
Monster From A Prehistoric Planet (in a badly panned and scanned
format), Gappa unfolds on a serene tropical island paradise untouched by
modern civilization and technology where a dark secret lies dormant for
centuries. When a greedy business tycoon has grandiose plans to turn
the island into the world's largest resort and amusement park, a team of
scientists stumble upon a mysterious dinosaur egg. When the egg
hatches, GAPPA is born- a mythical giant reptilian bird that the
indigenous island people worship as a god. Seeing dollar signs, the
tycoon hurriedly ships the baby monster to Tokyo for commercial
exploitation. Little does he know that the much larger, irate parents of
the infant Gappa follow close behind to rescue their precious baby and
wreak havoc upon monster-plagued Tokyo! This historic rubber-suit epic
rode the wave of Godzilla's golden era and was the only kaiju produced
by the prolific Nikkatsu studios. Long out of print on DVD, the Tokyo
Shock Blu-ray and remastered DVD editions are the only legitimate
versions of the film officially licensed for North America and finally
presented uncut in a fresh high-definition transfer to preserve all of
it's original widescreen glory.
| Format | |
| Format | Blu-Ray |
| Film | |
| Year | 1967 |
| Rating | U |
| Director | Hiroshi Noguchi |
| Starring | Tamio Kawachi Kôji Wada Tatsuya Fuji |
| Country | Japan |
| Label | Media Blasters |
| Region / TV Standard | Code A |
| Language | English, Japanese |
| Subtitles | English |
| Running time | 84 mins |
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 |
| Case type | Standard |
| Extra features | |

