Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

Apr 22, 1967

1h 24m

★ 5.7

Vast! Hideous! Invincible!

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Action

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

Manson International

Far East Laboratory

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster Trailers

Cast

Hiroshi Kurosaki

Tamio Kawachi

Itoko Koyanagi

Yōko Yamamoto

Daize Tonooka

Yuji Okada

Mashida

Kōji Wada

George Inoue

Tatsuya Fuji

President Funazu

Keisuke Inoue

Captain of the Kamome-maru

Zenji Yamada

Elder

Bumon Kahara

Reporter #1

Kōtarō Sugie

Hosoda

Saburo Hiromatsu

Cmdr. Riku

Toshinosuke Nagao

The Professor

Masaru Kamiyama

Three boys and two girls go backpacking from the city to a paradisiacal island. There they rent motorcycles, travel around the prettiest and most remote spots, camp out in the woods, on a coastal cliff, get drunk and swim in the sea. The following day they enter a deep, maze-like cave to explore it and get lost inside.

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