Deep Sea Monster Reigo
Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato | |
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Directed by | Shinpei Hayashiya |
Written by | Shinpei Hayashiya Keita Toriumi |
Produced by | Shinpei Hayashiya |
Starring | Isamu Ago Mickey Curtis |
Cinematography | Masayuki Nakazawa |
Release date | November 3, 2005 |
Country | Template:Film Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato (深海獣レイゴー, Shinkaijū Reigō) is a 2005 independent tokusatsu film by Shinpei Hayashiya. Veteran artist Keita Amemiya designed the titular monster. The film's original working title was Reigo vs. Yamato (レイゴー対大和 - Reigô tai Yamatô).
The film, set in World War II, depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.
Cast
- Taiyou Sugiura
- Susumu Kurobe
- Yukijirō Hotaru as Hajime edo
- Miyu Oriyama as Matsuri edo
- Mao Urata as Hibari edo
- Isamu Ago
- Mickey Curtis
- Mai Nanami as Chie Kojima
Sequel of sorts
In 2009 director Hayashiya made a follow up entitled The Deep-Sea Monster Raiga. The film features a more traditional Godzilla like kaiju called Raiga. The creature rises from the sea to do battle with another of his kind.
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