Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru
| Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo | |
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| Directed by | Takeshi Miyasaka |
| Written by | Masaru Nakamura[note 1] |
| Produced by | Hiroyuki Tsuji Masao Kimura Yasuhiko Furusato Jun Watanabe |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Masaaki Sakae |
| Edited by | Masaru Nakamura |
| Music by | Daisuke Suzuki |
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo (Japanese: 大怪獣東京に現わる, Hepburn: Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru) is a 1998 Japanese film directed by Takeshi Miyasaka.[1][2]
Overview
Unlike the company's representative kaiju film The X from Outer Space (1967), Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo and What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) are comedy films avoiding direct depictions of rampaging giant monsters.[2][3]
This film involves off-screen appearances of two reptilian monsters, a "fire-breathing dinosaur-esque lizard" and a "jet-powered flying turtle", as a direct parody to both Godzilla and Gamera, along with its title reminiscent of the Gamera-related Warning from Space (1956). Several stakeholders from these kaiju franchises also participated in the 1998 film.[4]
Shochiku's The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014) introduced a presumed etymological reference to the film, "Giant Monster Appears in Atami", which is also a reference to various kaiju productions most notably Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967) by Nikkatsu.[5][6]
Cast
- Kaori Momoi as Kimie Tadokoro
- Hirotarō Honda as Tsuguo Tadokoro
- Hideo Takamatsu as Osawa Hikojiro
- Yumi Yoshiyuki as Ryōko Sakurazawa
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Michio Hori
- Riki Takeuchi as Momotarō
- Yuko Oshima as a festival girl
Reception
Awards
20th Yokohama Film Festival[7]
- Won: Best Supporting Actress - Yumi Yoshiyuki
Notes
- ^ Tsuji also played the role of Konta as an actor.
References
- ^ 大怪獣東京に現わる. Walkerplus (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ^ a b 大怪獣東京に現わる (in Japanese). 映画.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ^ "バンダイガシャポンから「HG松竹×東映 怪獣まつり」発売！松竹と東映がタッグを組んだ大怪獣映画『大怪獣のあとしまつ』監督 三木聡氏と造形 若狭新一氏に制作秘話直撃インタビュー！". Dengeki Hobby Web (in Japanese). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ^ Norikazu Noma, Seinosuke Ito, Jinni Tohmon (25 January 2001). ガメラ 完全化読本. Paradigm. pp. 160–162.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Itō, Norihiro (19 July 2014). "ハリウッド版ゴジラに対抗? 熱海に怪獣が出現する実写版「パトレイバー」が公開". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ^ Kiyotaka Taguchi, September 19, 2020, ニュージェネシリーズをチーフ助監督として支え続けている男・内田直之監督。田口は『TNGパトレイバー』「大怪獣熱海に現わる」以来の付き合い。
- ^ 第２０回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９９８年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
External links
- Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru at IMDb
- 大怪獣東京に現わる(1998) at allcinema (in Japanese)
- 大怪獣東京に現わる at KINENOTE (in Japanese)