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Kaiju Mono (2016)
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
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Overview
When a giant monster attacks Japan, the country’s only hope is a research assistant who’s become monstrously big himself. But there might be a price.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Saki Akai | Bin Furuya | Shinzô Hotta | Daiki Hyodo | Kota Ibushi | Miki Kawanishi | Eiichi Kikuchi | Ryū Manatsu | Ai Nishina | Syuusuke Saito | Minoru Suzuki | Sandayuu Dokumamushi | Sanshiro Takagi
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/10/2023 | TV | Broadcast | TV | 5.5 stars |
| 07/09/2020 | TV | Broadcast | Other | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Minoru Kawasaki films are definitely an acquired taste. Some ppl really love them while others do not like them at all. I can understand both sides and I’m probably in the middle. This movie being no exception. The giant monster Kaiju Mono appears and a cross-dressing scientist / professor develops a formula to increase the size of one of his assistants, who has to be nude, to face the monster and destroy it. The assistant (Shusuke Saito, a Super Sentai actor) is injected and transforms into a giant (Kota Ibushi, a pro-wrestler) and battles the monster and wins. He becomes super famous as a result and also the target of a secret organization with Lisa the Scorpion (the gorgeous Saki Akai, another pro-wrestler) as the operative.
Yes, this movie is as goofy as it sounds here. It’s amusing that none of the buildings are destroyed in any attacks or battles; there’s just a large patch in the middle where Kota Ibushi drops all these wrestling moves on Kaiju Mono.
This was part of the DKUTV programming for KaijuCon.Line happening this weekend, specifically Nite at the Pickwick, to mimic the movies that screen at the Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge during G-Fest. Had Josef been on the ball he would’ve programmed two double features for today to mirror the exact type of programming they do at G-Fest. That’s a little nitpicky but it is a tad strange to do a Minoru Kawasaki double feature after FRANKENSTEIN VS BARAGON. Altho DKUTV mentioned that as the 55th anniversary of the movie originally released in 1965 I’d rather like to believe it’s bc in KAIJU MONO there is a direct reference to the movie when one of the characters does the Takeshi Shimura bit from the movie.
3 years ago
Oh! One thing I really enjoyed was how much the score played homage to both the Showa and Heisei (versus) Goji era. Definitely cues that are easy to recognize from both yet not the obvious tracks.