The read
A Balasaur Score of 47 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.4/10. It runs a compact 1h 24m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.4/10
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Haruyasu NoguchiDirector
- Ryuzo NakanishiScreenplay
- Gan YamazakiScreenplay
- Seitaro OmoriOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tamio KawachiHiroshi Kurosaki
- Yōko YamamotoItoko Koyanagi
- Yuji OkadaDaize Tonooka
- Kōji WadaMashida
- Tatsuya FujiGeorge Inoue
- Keisuke InouePresident Funazu
- Zenji YamadaCaptain of the Kamome-maru
- Bumon KaharaElder
- Kōtarō SugieReporter #1
- Saburo HiromatsuHosoda
- Toshinosuke NagaoCmdr. Riku
- Masaru KamiyamaThe Professor
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Themes
researchshipislandjapanmonsterphotographergiant monsterearthquakematter of life and deathdinosaurtropical islandgiant egg