God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters

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God Raiga vs. King Ohga Alternate titles Deep Sea Monster Raiga vs. Lava Beast Ohga (2019) See alternate titles Directed by Shinpei Hayashiya Producer Shinpei Hayashiya, Atsuko Tsunakawa Written by Shinpei Hayashiya Music by Keiichiro Kitazono, Rengoku Kozou Distributor SRS CinemaUS Running time 84 minutes (1 hour, 24 minutes) Rate this film! 1.63 (8 votes)

“	An invincible sea god? A subterranean king? A great battle that shakes the whole of Japan! (無敵の海神か？地底の王か？日本全土をゆるがす大決戦！) The super clash of two giant monsters! (二大怪獣超激突！)	„
	— Tagline

God Raiga vs. King Ohga (深海獣雷牙 対 溶岩獣王牙,   Shinkaijū Raiga tai Yōganjū Ōga, lit. Deep Sea Monster Raiga vs. Lava Beast Ohga) is an independent tokusatsu kaiju film authored by Shinpei Hayashiya. The third film of Hayashiya's "Deep Sea Monster Series," it is a followup to the 2009 film, Raiga: God of the Monsters. The film premiered at a Kadokawa event on May 7, 2019 and was released on home video in North America by SRS Cinema in early 2020.

Plot

Three years after his campaign against Raiga, Commander Kito leads his subordinates into their new base, which is disguised as a toilet in Atami Castle. In Tokyo, the Prime Minister summons First Secretary Handa, who reveals that a ground gap discovered beneath Atami indicates a kaiju will attack soon. Kito, as he did in Asakura, is sure to devastate the city with his counterattack. He sees an opportunity for the Prime Minister to complete his pet casino project during the rebuilding efforts. The JSDF soon detects two enormous heat signatures in the Atami area.

Handa encourages Counselor Kohara to let Kito have free reign during the coming battle. A subterranean monster, Ohga, derails a Shinkansen in Atami, followed by a Bonefish attack during a fireworks show. Kito mobilizes his troops after seeing a video of Ohga on the news, and the beast heads towards Raiga, who has made landfall at Sun Beach. Two CIA agents attempt to contact them with information, only to find none of them speak English, and head to Atami in an Osprey. As police and emergency responders struggle to evacuate Atami, Kohara arrives and encourages Kito to raze the city. Kito's subordinates, Nakagawa and Miyazaki, are aghast, but he is all too eager to launch an all-out attack, starting with the battleship Atami Samurai. Neither monster is affected, and Raiga quickly sinks the ship. Ohga dispatches a tank column with a shower of sparks, while Raiga rampages through the city. A new Kamikaze tank targets Ohga with an electric cannon, but the monster's light-bending abilities foil it. One of Kito's old friends, Yasuda, offers him use of a top secret drill-nosed mine excavator, Gokumei II. Following Ohga underground, it draws blood with its laser, but the monster smashes it just before it can fire a Tomahawk missile. An Auto Tracker robot attacks next, and Ohga destroys the CIA agents' Osprey in the ensuing firefight. Raiga and Ohga clash near Atami Castle, but neither emerges victorious, and they depart Atami.

The next day, Kohara is demoted for failing to prevent the Gokumei's deployment, while the prime minister's casino project proceeds as planned. Kito and his troops travel to the Minato Defense Force base beneath Tokyo Tower, where Tomo, the Prime Minister's mistress, enlists his help in stopping the next kaiju attack. When Raiga and Ohga attack Tokyo, they counter with two remote-controlled Octopus tanks. Their electric pulses seemingly stop Raiga, but he soon regains his footing and obliterates them with his own lightning. Ohga endures ramming attacks by Shinkansen loaded with explosives. Raiga and Ohga clash again as Kito, Nakagawa, and Miyazaki join the battle on foot. Kito is prepared to detonate a Plasma Photon Bomb beneath the monsters in the hopes of killing them both. Samejima Special Forces support him with a howitzer and the shark-shaped NI-26 Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Kito is injured during the chaos, and Miyazaki offers to detonate the bomb instead. Terrified of the kaiju, he leaves it 100 meters from their position. The resulting explosion kills all of the soldiers, Raiga, Ohga, and the Prime Minister, but the radioactive fallout creates a new monster: Kuga. He attacks Honolulu, Hawaii, and is opposed by the earth monster Dias, who bursts out of a nearby volcano.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Directed by   Shinpei Hayashiya
• Written by   Shinpei Hayashiya
• Produced by   Shinpei Hayashiya, Atsuko Tsunakawa
• Music by   Keiichiro Kitazono, Rengoku Kozou
• Cinematography by   Hajime Okano, Kenji Onawa, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Yutaka Arai, Shinpei Hayashiya
• Edited by   Yutaka Arai, Shinpei Hayashiya
• Production design by   Shinpei Hayashiya, Naofumi Kanamori
• Director of special effects   Shinpei Hayashiya

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right. Makoto Inamiya   as   Commander Kito Anko Hayashiya   as   Nakagawa Wasabi Yanagiya   as   Miyazaki Isamu Ago   as   First Secretary Handa Shocho Shunputei Special Forces commander Samejima   as   Hanji Yanagiya, Tamanosuke Gomeiro Kamikaze drivers   as   Kyotaro Yanagiya Ministry of Defense Counselor Kohara   as   Bunzaemon Tachibanaya Japanese Prime Minister   as   Hikoichi Hayashiya Yasuda   as   Tokin Sanyutei Yoshida   as   Pikkari Shunputei Minato Defense Force soldier Kagome Yanagiya Kazuo Egumi   as   Emi Nix Captain Emi   as   Tomo Nix Tomo   as   Zui Nishikawa Nishikawa

Ikkin Yanagiya Muyo Ito Daisuke Narita Kentaro Yoshiike Torataro Izuka Kenji Tanokura Sanko Yanagiya Aroha Nangokutei Dankan Atsuko Tsunakawa Kinako Hayashiya Shinpei Hayashiya   as   Mark Jaramillo, David Hall CIA agents Jessica Etchells   as   Kyle Yount Soldier   as   Arare Hayashiya, Hiromichi Ebata Raiga   as   Yutaka Arai, Naofumi Kanamori Ohga   as

Appearances

Monsters Raiga Ohga Kuga Dias Bonefish Godzilla (mentioned; toy) Ultraseven (toy) King Kong (mentioned) Gappa (mentioned) Reigo (stock footage) First Raiga (stock footage)

Weapons, vehicles and races Gokumei II Octopus NI-26 Amphibious Combat Vehicle Auto Tracker Kamikaze Atami Samurai L-4S-5 missiles V-22 Osprey M114 155 mm howitzer Type 90 Tank Mitsubishi F-15J Unidentified tanks Yamato (stock footage) IJN destroyers (stock footage) Type 74 Tank (stock footage)

Production

A poster for the Atami Sea Fireworks Festival hung in Kito's base indicates that Raiga vs. Ohga was at least partially shot in 2014.

Gallery

Main article: Raiga vs. Ohga/Gallery.

Alternate titles

• Deep Sea Monster Raiga vs. Lava Beast Ohga (literal Japanese title and American VHS title)
• Raiga vs. Ogha (Japanese English title)
• Raiga vs. Ohga: The War of the Monsters (Japanese poster title)

Reception

Writing for DoBlu, Matt Poprocki panned God Raiga vs. King Ohga, calling it "outright incoherent. Post-production effects slather the screen in fake fire, swirls, distortion, and other techniques as to make action impossible to follow. Hasty composites place monsters against real backdrops, other times in poorly disguised still images."

Video releases

SRS Cinema VHS (2020)

• Tapes: 1
• Audio: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Notes: Limited to 50 copies.

SRS Cinema Blu-ray/DVD (2020/2021)

• Region: N/A
• Discs: 1
• Audio: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Special features: Optional "Filmlook" filter and trailers; DVD bonus features to be determined
• Notes: The DVD edition will be released on April 21, 2021.

Videos

Trailers

Japanese trailer #1 Japanese trailer #2 Japanese trailer #3 Japanese trailer #4 Japanese trailer #5 American trailer

Production

Ohga maquette test footage

Trivia

• The film's English title mimics Godzilla vs. Kong.
• Nakagawa notes that Godzilla, King Kong, and the Gappas all attacked Atami in the past, though Miyazaki points out that King Kong vs. Godzilla and Gappa were just movies.
• Kaiju Gaiden producer Mark Jaramillo and then-director David Hall, who interviewed Hayashiya for their documentary, make appearances as CIA agents. Kaijucast host Kyle Yount plays the soldier who tells Shinpei Hayashiya's character that Raiga and Ohga have almost the same DNA.
• Nakagawa's wristwatch communicator rings with the Showa King Ghidorah's cackle, a nod to its reuse in Ultraman.
• Decorations in Commander Kito's base include toys of Godzilla, Ultraseven, and Raiga, as well as issues of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth.
• The Auto Tracker robot's missiles are Nerf Elite darts.

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