Gappa, the Triphibian Monster backdrop

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster 1967 Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi 大巨獣ガッパ

Vast! Hideous! Invincible!

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 don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Languages English , Japanese
Release Date 22 April 1967
84 mins
Cast
Tamio Kawachi Hiroshi Kurosaki
Yōko Yamamoto Itoko Koyanagi
Yuji Okada Daize Tonooka
Kōji Wada Mashida
Tatsuya Fuji George Inoue
Keisuke Inoue President Funazu
Zenji Yamada Captain of the Kamome-maru
Kōtarō Sugie Reporter #1
Toshinosuke Nagao Cmdr. Riku
Masaru Kamiyama The Professor
Kokan Katsura Saburo Hayashi
Sanpei Mine Islander 1
Takashi Koshiba Reporter 2
Kensuke Tamai Islander 2
Minoru Sato Reporter 3
Seiji Matsuoka Islander 3
Hiroshi Ito Reporter 4
Mike Daneen Petty Officer
Ruich Fidancer Captain of the Sea Angels
Paul Scheman Professor