Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monster
| Movie | |
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| German title | Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monster |
| Original title | 大 巨 獣 ガ ッ パ (Daikyojū Gappa) |
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| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1967 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Haruyasu Noguchi |
| script |
Ryūzō Nakanishi Gan Yamazaki |
| production | Hideo Koi |
| music | Seitarō Ōmori |
| camera | Muneo Ueda |
| cut | Masanori Tsujii |
| occupation | |
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Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monsters ( Japanese 大 巨 獣 ガ ッ パ , Daikyojū Gappa , German: "Gappa: The Colossal Beast"; German alternative title: Gappa - Invasion of the Flying Beasts ) is a Japanese Kaijū film from 1967.
action
When a tropical amusement park is to be opened, an expedition of scientists and journalists is sent on a boat trip to replenish the necessary stocks. When the expedition arrives at Obelisk Island, however, they make quite unexpected discoveries: the residents hope that their arrival will placate “Gappa”, and shortly afterwards they first discover the stone statue of a mythical creature and then an oversized egg from which a creature hatches. which looks like a cross between a reptile and an owl. The animal is of course taken along as a potential attraction, but of course there are larger counterparts for this child, and the parents soon take up the chase, which of course ends in the destruction of a large Japanese city.
background
The film contains satire on the Kaijū films. That's why the film received bad reviews from fans of the genre. Some satire has been lost in translation.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film assesses the work as: "Technically complex science fiction cinema of overwhelming simplicity".
cinema.de writes on the other hand: "Droll monster spectacle with monsters from the local model kit"
Web links
- Gappa - Frankenstein's monster flying in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- complete film in the Internet Archive (English)
- Entry in the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monsters. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Gappa - Frankenstein's flying monsters (1967) at cinema.de , accessed on April 19, 2015.