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Chouhatsu Daikaiju Gehara - An affectionate tribute to the classic Toho monster movies of the 1950s and 60s that liberally mixes comedy and daikaiju action.

20 minutes of pure old fashioned Japanese giant monster movie bliss. Geharha is an honest-to-God Japanese monster movie in the best tradition of the mid-20th century. It's funny and scary in a campy sort of way, with special effects just barely this side of 1960. The monster itself, a huge shaggy gopher-like creature with two small eyes that looks simultaneously menacing and frightened, is a hoot.

 A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor, scientific adviser Dr Murakami suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara 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.......

The movie ends with an extended preview for the “next” installment; GEHARHA: MONSTER MARTIAL LAW.

Director: Kiyotaka Taguchi

Stars: Osawa Ken, Fujii Mina, Sano Shiro

2009 - JAPANESE with OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES - COLOR - 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN - 20 MINUTES