15 minutes of government incompetence vs. a hairy kaiju. What could go wrong?
A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
Practical Effects
Gloriously unconvincing hair-monster suit, pure tokusatsu devotion.
Direction
Taguchi channels Shin Godzilla's DNA in 15 chaotic minutes.
Writing
Deadpan bureaucracy meeting cosmic horror, pitch-perfect satire.
Director
Kiyotaka Taguchi
Ken Osawa
Hideo Hagiwara
Mina Fujii
Momoko Hagiwara
Mitsuko Oka
Tsuruko Hagiwara
Shiro Sano
Dr. Murakami
Jiji Bû
Doctor
Mark Chinnery
Dr. Anderson
Terry Ito
Alien
Keisaku Kimura
Signalman
Wakana Matsumoto
Signalman
Tomorowo Taguchi
Shinto Priest
Pierre Taki
Tank Corps Captain
Kanji Tsuda
Fisherman Kubo
Hiroyuki Watanabe
SDF Commander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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