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# Gappa: Triphibian Monster

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Product Description 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. (81 minutes) Review Auspicious debut and (Gappa) reveals himself as best monster so far. Most effects are well done, a few superb. --VarietyThe effects are excellent and the script is worthy of a witty children's comedy. --Phil Hardy, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Review: Never looked better - I’ve only seen this film as a kid on vhs then dvd and it was so dark and grainy I couldn’t make heads or tails on what’s going on. This blu ray is crisp and clear. They did an amazing job restoring the footage as this looks brilliant. The film is one of the better kaiju films of the era that isn’t Godzilla. The effects and designs are on par of Tohos production. Wish there were sequels.
Review: Terrific picture for very uninspired 'kaiju' film - This review is for the Blu-Ray edition of Gappa The Triphibian Monster released by Tokyo Shock in 2020. My rating is for the release as a whole, which includes the picture quality and the extra's. ABOUT THIS MOVIE: This is a Japanese 'kaiju' film made in 1967 by Japan's oldest movie company, Nikkatsu. It is about two kaiju from a tropical island that go searching for their offspring that was taken by humans to use as an attraction. TRIGGER WARNING: IF YOU FIND OFFENSE IN EVERY OLD MOVIE... and are easily triggered, please do everyone a favor and don't watch this one. You will pretend to be offended and nobody who likes these old movies is interested in your 'fake' outrage. BLU-RAY: If you are looking to purchase this release for the picture then you will be quite pleased. The picture is excellent. The colors are vibrant and the picture is sharp as can be. There are some imperfections here and there but the pictures is clean for the most part. Obviously the original elements were kept in very good condition. The picture is pristine for good chunks of this movie. Unfortunately the picture is so clear that it makes the miniatures look like tiny little miniatures! The movie is shown in a widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio. EXTRA'S: Unfortunately you don't get anything other than subtitles and an English dub for this movie. You can watch the movie in the Japanese or English languages. Both provide subtitles. *****WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT***** PLOT SYNOPSIS/SUMMARY: The publisher of 'Playmate magazine' wants to open a theme park on a nearby island with South Pacific theme. He sends a team of this employees to an island in the the South Pacific called Obelisk Island. They are to gather animal and plant life for the new island park. Once there, the natives greet them warmly. One of the employees, Kurosaki, goes and takes a look at a stone statue on the island. He is warned by an island boy that "Gappa will become angry". While next to the statue, a tremor takes place. A hole in the side of the mountain opens up and the statue falls. Inside the cave is a very large egg. Kurosaki sends the boy, Saki, to get the others. A creature hatches and the group capture it and take it back home. The baby creatures parents arrive and discover their baby is missing. The parents go on a rampage and the island is destroyed as a volcano erupts. Saki is rescued by a submarine (unfortunately!). Back in Japan, the baby Gappa is kept in a cell and it rapidly grows. It's parents arrive in Japan and start destroying stuff. After fighting it out with the military, the two go underwater for a break. The military coerces the creatures to abandon their rest after sound waves are sent below the water. It is decided to bring the baby Gappa to the parents in hopes of ending the destruction. PRODUCTION: This movie was released in Japan in 1967 by Nikkatsu. Nikkatsu is Japan's oldest movie company. 'Gappa' is Nikkatsu's one and only effort in the 'kaiju' genre. HOW ARE THE SPECIAL EFFECTS: The effects are spotty. The miniatures have very nice detail but most of the time look like exactly what they are... miniatures. The clarity of the picture only magnifies this. The actual miniature buildings look very good and are nicely detailed. Also, on the positive side of the equation, the effects team seems to have done a good job with some of the 'matte' shots. While some looked crude, others did a good job of showing the scale of the monsters. The way that the action was filmed is not on par with Toho at it's best. It's more on the level of the 'Gamera'. The monsters look like guys walking around in monster suits... which is exactly what they are. More thought and effort should have been put into this aspect of the cinematography. COMMENTS/THOUGHTS: HOW IS THE MONSTER? The monster, Gappa, all 3 of them, leaves something to be desired. The monster suits are just not very convincing. They look like a bunch of guys wearing Halloween costumes. The 'Gappa' creatures themselves are basically flying 'Godzilla's' (and they use wings unlike Godzilla in his one and only flight! Every Godzilla fan knowns exactly what I'm talking about!) In a way, they remind me of the flying monkeys from the 'Wizard of Oz' even though they don't actually look like them. I guess you can say that they are a cross between a lizard and a bird and have fire breathing (or something like that) ability. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE... : If this movie's plot seems familiar, then you might have seen the British film 'Gorgo (1961). The story of that movie is very similar to 'Gappa'. That movie's plot was basically copied for this movie. If that is not all that seems familiar then... YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE: If you are like me and getting on in years, you might remember this movie with a different title. Before the age of cable, VCR, DVD, etc., this movie was shown on regular television under the title of 'Monster from a Prehistoric Planet'. That was the name given to it when American International Television (part of AIP) rented it to television stations. Of course, Gappa is not from a prehistoric planet but who's checking? ANNOYING KID ALERT!: This movie is infected with the dreaded 'kaiju movie annoying kid' disease. Saki, his appearance notwithstanding, is incredibly annoying. His constant crying 'Gappa! Gappa!' is big time 'cringe' inducing. What was he doing running into the water after the Gappa's? It left me yelling, "let him go drown himself!". "SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THAT ENDING?": The ending of this movie is without question one of the worst I have seen in a 'kaiju' movie. There might be one worse somewhere but off the top of my head I can't think of one. Couldn't they even have the intelligence to drop the baby off by the parents? They had to bring it elsewhere and play a tape of it's cries over a loudspeaker?!? The tears are just too much for me. Then they fly off without using their wings while they are rising? Too make matters worse, this isn't the end. Then we have a "woman having a tantrum" scene with "man chasing after woman" to finish the movie. I hadn't seen this movie since I was a kid when I purchased this release. I won't be watching this again anytime soon, if ever. The only way I could sit through this again would be if there was an audio commentary added. FINALLY! A REAL WOMAN: Yes, all of you female empowerment types in the world today will just love the ending of this movie. We get a real strong female protagonist. At the very end of the movie, Itoko says she is quitting her job and she is going to "stay home, marry an office worker and have babies". Just as nature intended. OTHER COMMENTS: -'Playmate Magazine'??? I wonder where they got that idea from? The writers of this scripts really did not have an original idea anywhere in their heads. Can't say that I mind the name, it just doesn't sound right for a family magazine though. -The scenery is very good in this movie. The actual locations are well chosen and the camera work captures the beauty of the scenery. -The love story in this movie seemed very forced. I can remember as a kid, hating those scenes and I always wondered, even to this day, why they had to include them in seemingly every movie. The simple answer is to keep women interested but was that really necessary? -The special effects of the water crashing on shore would have looked a lot better if there were no people in the shots. The people running around just didn't look good even though the water itself looked pretty good crashing down. CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS: The reason to buy this release is simple. The picture is excellent. If you are a 'kaiju' fan and want to own all 'kaiju' movies from years gone by then you will have to buy this release. The lack of extra's is disappointing. This movie definitely could have used and audio commentary, if nothing else. The movie is quite simply a rip-off of a rip-off. It's a rip-off of 'Gorgo' and 'Godzilla' as well, which in turn is a rip-off of 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'. That doesn't mean it can't be good. Plenty of rip-offs are. Ultimately, this movie is a weak effort in the 'kaiju' genre. It's not any wonder why Nikkatsu made no more 'kaiju' movies. It's pretty obvious that basically every element of this movie was taken from another 'kaiju' movie. There really isn't anything original about it. DO I LIKE THIS MOVIE? No, I do not. 'Gappa' is a long way down on the list of my favorite 'kaiju'. WHY DON'T I LIKE THIS MOVIE?: There are a number of reasons and I'll give you some right below... 1) The plot is very weak and just about every aspect of the screenplay was taken from another movie. 2) The 'Gappa' monster is not a very inspired design. 3) The monster suit is terrible in my opinion. 4) No opponent other than the military. A 'kaiju' fighting the military had long since become boring even by the time this movie was made in 1967. An opponent would have been optimal or at the least, a much better plot. 5) Annoying kid syndrome - Saki is without question one of the most annoying kids every in a 'kaiju' movie. He makes you wish he wasn't rescued or got squashed on that island. To make matters worse, we get an annoying little girl too. 6) Monsters crying???... nuff' said. 7) The ending just feels like a Disney movie. IF YOU LIKE THIS THEN TRY...: The following 3 movies all have 'kaiju' who don't perish... -Gorgo (1961) - Very similar to 'Gappa'. -Gamera (1965) - Even though he is sent away at the end, he returns... -Mothra (1961) - Fan favorite, even if I'm not one of those fans. Also try... -The Beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953) - The movie that all 'kaiju' films are based on. RATINGS: Plot: 5/10 or 2 1/2 stars - it's not that the plot is poor, it's a direct rip-off. Picture: 9/10 or 4 1/2 stars - Excellent, you should be pleased with this. The Monster: 4/10 or 2 stars - In my opinion, this was not an inspired effort. SFX: 6/10 - This is a mixed bag. The miniature sets are excellent, the monster costume is not. Extra's: 1/10 or 1 star Overall: 4 stars - This release's main reason for being is the picture and that part it does very well.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B083N38T1R |
| Actors  | Tamio Kawachi, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoko Yamamoto |
| Best Sellers Rank | #136,015 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #2,719 in Science Fiction DVDs #5,345 in Horror (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (247) |
| Director  | Haruyasu Noguchi |
| MPAA rating  | Unrated (Not Rated) |
| Media Format  | Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Package Dimensions  | 7.44 x 5.35 x 0.59 inches; 3.17 ounces |
| Release date  | February 25, 2020 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 21 minutes |
| Studio  | Media Blasters |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never looked better
*by J***S on January 4, 2023*

I’ve only seen this film as a kid on vhs then dvd and it was so dark and grainy I couldn’t make heads or tails on what’s going on. This blu ray is crisp and clear. They did an amazing job restoring the footage as this looks brilliant. The film is one of the better kaiju films of the era that isn’t Godzilla. The effects and designs are on par of Tohos production. Wish there were sequels.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific picture for very uninspired 'kaiju' film
*by J***A on November 8, 2020*

This review is for the Blu-Ray edition of Gappa The Triphibian Monster released by Tokyo Shock in 2020. My rating is for the release as a whole, which includes the picture quality and the extra's. ABOUT THIS MOVIE: This is a Japanese 'kaiju' film made in 1967 by Japan's oldest movie company, Nikkatsu. It is about two kaiju from a tropical island that go searching for their offspring that was taken by humans to use as an attraction. TRIGGER WARNING: IF YOU FIND OFFENSE IN EVERY OLD MOVIE... and are easily triggered, please do everyone a favor and don't watch this one. You will pretend to be offended and nobody who likes these old movies is interested in your 'fake' outrage. BLU-RAY: If you are looking to purchase this release for the picture then you will be quite pleased. The picture is excellent. The colors are vibrant and the picture is sharp as can be. There are some imperfections here and there but the pictures is clean for the most part. Obviously the original elements were kept in very good condition. The picture is pristine for good chunks of this movie. Unfortunately the picture is so clear that it makes the miniatures look like tiny little miniatures! The movie is shown in a widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio. EXTRA'S: Unfortunately you don't get anything other than subtitles and an English dub for this movie. You can watch the movie in the Japanese or English languages. Both provide subtitles. *****WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW THIS POINT***** PLOT SYNOPSIS/SUMMARY: The publisher of 'Playmate magazine' wants to open a theme park on a nearby island with South Pacific theme. He sends a team of this employees to an island in the the South Pacific called Obelisk Island. They are to gather animal and plant life for the new island park. Once there, the natives greet them warmly. One of the employees, Kurosaki, goes and takes a look at a stone statue on the island. He is warned by an island boy that "Gappa will become angry". While next to the statue, a tremor takes place. A hole in the side of the mountain opens up and the statue falls. Inside the cave is a very large egg. Kurosaki sends the boy, Saki, to get the others. A creature hatches and the group capture it and take it back home. The baby creatures parents arrive and discover their baby is missing. The parents go on a rampage and the island is destroyed as a volcano erupts. Saki is rescued by a submarine (unfortunately!). Back in Japan, the baby Gappa is kept in a cell and it rapidly grows. It's parents arrive in Japan and start destroying stuff. After fighting it out with the military, the two go underwater for a break. The military coerces the creatures to abandon their rest after sound waves are sent below the water. It is decided to bring the baby Gappa to the parents in hopes of ending the destruction. PRODUCTION: This movie was released in Japan in 1967 by Nikkatsu. Nikkatsu is Japan's oldest movie company. 'Gappa' is Nikkatsu's one and only effort in the 'kaiju' genre. HOW ARE THE SPECIAL EFFECTS: The effects are spotty. The miniatures have very nice detail but most of the time look like exactly what they are... miniatures. The clarity of the picture only magnifies this. The actual miniature buildings look very good and are nicely detailed. Also, on the positive side of the equation, the effects team seems to have done a good job with some of the 'matte' shots. While some looked crude, others did a good job of showing the scale of the monsters. The way that the action was filmed is not on par with Toho at it's best. It's more on the level of the 'Gamera'. The monsters look like guys walking around in monster suits... which is exactly what they are. More thought and effort should have been put into this aspect of the cinematography. COMMENTS/THOUGHTS: HOW IS THE MONSTER? The monster, Gappa, all 3 of them, leaves something to be desired. The monster suits are just not very convincing. They look like a bunch of guys wearing Halloween costumes. The 'Gappa' creatures themselves are basically flying 'Godzilla's' (and they use wings unlike Godzilla in his one and only flight! Every Godzilla fan knowns exactly what I'm talking about!) In a way, they remind me of the flying monkeys from the 'Wizard of Oz' even though they don't actually look like them. I guess you can say that they are a cross between a lizard and a bird and have fire breathing (or something like that) ability. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE... : If this movie's plot seems familiar, then you might have seen the British film 'Gorgo (1961). The story of that movie is very similar to 'Gappa'. That movie's plot was basically copied for this movie. If that is not all that seems familiar then... YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE: If you are like me and getting on in years, you might remember this movie with a different title. Before the age of cable, VCR, DVD, etc., this movie was shown on regular television under the title of 'Monster from a Prehistoric Planet'. That was the name given to it when American International Television (part of AIP) rented it to television stations. Of course, Gappa is not from a prehistoric planet but who's checking? ANNOYING KID ALERT!: This movie is infected with the dreaded 'kaiju movie annoying kid' disease. Saki, his appearance notwithstanding, is incredibly annoying. His constant crying 'Gappa! Gappa!' is big time 'cringe' inducing. What was he doing running into the water after the Gappa's? It left me yelling, "let him go drown himself!". "SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THAT ENDING?": The ending of this movie is without question one of the worst I have seen in a 'kaiju' movie. There might be one worse somewhere but off the top of my head I can't think of one. Couldn't they even have the intelligence to drop the baby off by the parents? They had to bring it elsewhere and play a tape of it's cries over a loudspeaker?!? The tears are just too much for me. Then they fly off without using their wings while they are rising? Too make matters worse, this isn't the end. Then we have a "woman having a tantrum" scene with "man chasing after woman" to finish the movie. I hadn't seen this movie since I was a kid when I purchased this release. I won't be watching this again anytime soon, if ever. The only way I could sit through this again would be if there was an audio commentary added. FINALLY! A REAL WOMAN: Yes, all of you female empowerment types in the world today will just love the ending of this movie. We get a real strong female protagonist. At the very end of the movie, Itoko says she is quitting her job and she is going to "stay home, marry an office worker and have babies". Just as nature intended. OTHER COMMENTS: -'Playmate Magazine'??? I wonder where they got that idea from? The writers of this scripts really did not have an original idea anywhere in their heads. Can't say that I mind the name, it just doesn't sound right for a family magazine though. -The scenery is very good in this movie. The actual locations are well chosen and the camera work captures the beauty of the scenery. -The love story in this movie seemed very forced. I can remember as a kid, hating those scenes and I always wondered, even to this day, why they had to include them in seemingly every movie. The simple answer is to keep women interested but was that really necessary? -The special effects of the water crashing on shore would have looked a lot better if there were no people in the shots. The people running around just didn't look good even though the water itself looked pretty good crashing down. CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS: The reason to buy this release is simple. The picture is excellent. If you are a 'kaiju' fan and want to own all 'kaiju' movies from years gone by then you will have to buy this release. The lack of extra's is disappointing. This movie definitely could have used and audio commentary, if nothing else. The movie is quite simply a rip-off of a rip-off. It's a rip-off of 'Gorgo' and 'Godzilla' as well, which in turn is a rip-off of 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'. That doesn't mean it can't be good. Plenty of rip-offs are. Ultimately, this movie is a weak effort in the 'kaiju' genre. It's not any wonder why Nikkatsu made no more 'kaiju' movies. It's pretty obvious that basically every element of this movie was taken from another 'kaiju' movie. There really isn't anything original about it. DO I LIKE THIS MOVIE? No, I do not. 'Gappa' is a long way down on the list of my favorite 'kaiju'. WHY DON'T I LIKE THIS MOVIE?: There are a number of reasons and I'll give you some right below... 1) The plot is very weak and just about every aspect of the screenplay was taken from another movie. 2) The 'Gappa' monster is not a very inspired design. 3) The monster suit is terrible in my opinion. 4) No opponent other than the military. A 'kaiju' fighting the military had long since become boring even by the time this movie was made in 1967. An opponent would have been optimal or at the least, a much better plot. 5) Annoying kid syndrome - Saki is without question one of the most annoying kids every in a 'kaiju' movie. He makes you wish he wasn't rescued or got squashed on that island. To make matters worse, we get an annoying little girl too. 6) Monsters crying???... nuff' said. 7) The ending just feels like a Disney movie. IF YOU LIKE THIS THEN TRY...: The following 3 movies all have 'kaiju' who don't perish... -Gorgo (1961) - Very similar to 'Gappa'. -Gamera (1965) - Even though he is sent away at the end, he returns... -Mothra (1961) - Fan favorite, even if I'm not one of those fans. Also try... -The Beast from 20,000 fathoms (1953) - The movie that all 'kaiju' films are based on. RATINGS: Plot: 5/10 or 2 1/2 stars - it's not that the plot is poor, it's a direct rip-off. Picture: 9/10 or 4 1/2 stars - Excellent, you should be pleased with this. The Monster: 4/10 or 2 stars - In my opinion, this was not an inspired effort. SFX: 6/10 - This is a mixed bag. The miniature sets are excellent, the monster costume is not. Extra's: 1/10 or 1 star Overall: 4 stars - This release's main reason for being is the picture and that part it does very well.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ALWAYS RESPECT GOOD KAIJUS
*by J***D on December 8, 2025*

Perfect condition works perfectly and no problems 😊 👌 👏 🙌 👍 😀

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