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2016 Japanese film
Kaiju Mono
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji大怪獣モノ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnDaikaijū Mono
Directed byMinoru Kawasaki
Written byTakao Nakano
Minoru Kawasaki
Produced byYukihiko Yamaguchi
Kazutaka Sekiya
Minoru Kawasaki
StarringKota Ibushi
CinematographyMakoto Matsuo
Edited byKentaro Hitomi
Music byRyo Nakamura
Production
companies
King Records
River Top
Distributed byARC Films
Release date
  • July 16, 2016 (2016-07-16)
Running time93 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Kaiju Mono (Japanese: 大怪獣モノ, Hepburn: Daikaijū Mono, lit. 'Giant Monster Mono') is a 2016 Japanese kaiju film directed by Minoru Kawasaki.

Plot

A giant monster appears from the ground, after the eruption of Mt. Myojin. In the meantime, Japanese government asks help from the scientist Dr. Saigo and his daughter Miwa. Both work at the Institute of Super Physics and Chemistry and were once ousted from the academic world on suspicion of forging materials concerning what the two scientist announce to be a universal cell, "Setap X". Using the Setap X, Dr. Saigo transforms his assistant, Hideto Nitta, into a giant wrestler with a height of 40 meters. The latter challenges the monster from Mt Myojin, named Mono by members of a Kaiju organisation.

Cast

  • Kota Ibushi as Hideto Nitta (after Injection)
  • Syuusuke Saito as Hideto Nitta (before Injection)
  • Minoru Suzuki as Evil Nitta
  • Ryu Manatsu as Professor Jotaro Saigo
  • Hiroyuki Taniguchi as Daikaiju Mono
  • Eiji Ukulele as Vice-Minister Shuichi Oda
  • Shinzō Hotta as Professor Nindo Izumi
  • Miki Kawanishi as Miwa Saigo
  • Saki Akai as Lisa / Scorpio
  • Fuyuki Moto
  • Mitsuko Hoshi
  • Eiichi Kikuchi as Deputy Defense Secretary Wataru Hashimoto
  • Bin Furuya as Defense Minister Yukio Kamikura
  • Sandayu Dokumamushi
  • Yasuhiko Saijo

References

  1. "大怪獣モノ : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  2. ^ "CAST[キャスト]|【映画】大怪獣モノ 公式サイト". mono-movie.com. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ "河崎実監督「真面目にバカをやった映画です!」- 大怪獣VSプロレスラーの激闘を描いた特撮コメディ『大怪獣モノ』舞台あいさつ (1)". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

External links

Films directed by Minoru Kawasaki


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