Monster Seafood Wars (2020)
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You'd be a baka uma to eat these monsters!! (この怪獣、食べたらバカウマ!!)
Squid, octopus and crab monsters turn the National Stadium into a seafood bowl!! (イカ・タコ・カニ怪獣で国立競技場を海鮮丼にせよ!!) |
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Monster Seafood Wars (三大怪獣グルメ is a San Daikaijū Gurume, lit. Three Monsters Gourmet)tokusatsu kaiju film co-produced by Dentsu, Takeshobo, Mobacon, Pal Entertainments and Rivertop. Loosely based on an unmade film featuring a giant octopus which was proposed by Eiji Tsuburaya prior to production of Godzilla,[1] it was released to Japanese theaters on June 6, 2020, becoming the first kaiju film of the new decade. Its international premiere took place at the virtual Fantasia Festival on August 20, 2020.[4] SRS Cinema released it on Blu-ray and VHS in North America in April 2021.[5]
Description
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Yuta, a young master at the Tsukiji Fish Market, accidentally drops his meal of mixed seafood into the Sumida River. Some time afterwards a gigantic mutated squid monster arises from the depths and begins to wreak havoc upon an awe-stricken Tokyo. Attempts by the Japan Self-Defense Forces to stop the creature prove futile. As it seems things couldn’t get any worse an enormous mutant octopus monster emerges from the deep and heads into a clash of the titans with the gargantuan squid!
As a last ditch effort, the government forms the “Seafood Monster Attack Team (SMAT)” and an all-new plan of attack is immediately put into action. But just as the tide appears to be turning in humanity’s favor, a colossal crab monster appears, joining in the Monster Seafood Wars and plunging the world into culinary chaos…[1]
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Plot
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Production
Principal photography of Monster Seafood Wars took place in September 2019, while filming of special effects sequences began that October.[1]
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
- Written by Masakazu Migita, Minoru Kawasaki
- Based on a story by Eiji Tsuburaya[1]
- Executive producers Hiroyuki Fujita, Akinobu Goto, Wataru Suzuki, Takafumi Ohashi, Minoru Kawasaki, Minoru Iwabuchi
- Produced by Minoru Kawasaki, Shinichi Saguma
- Music by Kogi Asaka
- Cinematography by Makoto Matsuo
- Edited by Yuta Kawasaki
- 1st assistant director Shingo Amamiya
- Director of special effects Minoru Kawasaki
- Visual effects by Kentaro Hitomi, Yuta Kawasaki
- 1st assistant director of special effects Yuichi Takayanagi
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Keisuke Ueda as Yuta Tanuma
- Ayano Yoshida Christie as Nana Hoshiyama
- Yuya Asato as Shinjiro Hikoma
- Shojiro Yokoi as Shohei Nimi
- Reon Kurosaki as Kishida
- Gota Ihashi as Yamanaka
- Satoshi Kobayashi as Deputy Captain Koda
- Hikomaro as Gourmet reporter
- Paradise Yamamoto as Gyoza shop owner
- Ukulele Eiji as Drunk
- Kei Grant, Asato Izumi as Gyoza shop customers
- HEY! TakuChan as Oni Soba Fujiya owner
- Tomotaka Imamichi as Guitarist
- Yuichi Nango as Shigeo Nagashima
- Yasuhiro Takeda as Ibuki Gengoro
- KoreKore as Ingredients-stealing YouTuber
- Terumi Yoshida as Radio star
- Hide Fukumoto as Prime Minister Ube
- Tenshin Yamamoto as Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Toru Muranishi as Chef Nobuhiro Yamashita
- Eiichi Kikuchi as Minoru Hotta
- Masami Horiuchi as Dr. Junichiro Iwamura
- Ryo Kinomoto
- Masayuki Kusumi
- Yuichi Okada as Takolla
- Ryu Hariken as Ikalla
- Yuya Sumikawa as Kanilla
- Hiroyuki Taniguchi as Jumbo-Cook
Appearances
Monsters
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Weapons, vehicles, and organizations
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Gallery
- Main article: Monster Seafood Wars/Gallery.
Alternate titles
- Three Monsters Gourmet (literal Japanese title; alternate English title[6])
- Monster Gourmet (alternate English title)
- Monster Cuisine (alternate English title)[1]
- Monster SeaFood Wars
Theatrical releases
- Japan - June 6, 2020
Video releases
Takeshobo Blu-ray + DVD (2020)[7]
- Region: A (Blu-ray) and 2 (DVD)
- Discs: 2
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: Unknown
- Special features: Blu-ray: Audio commentary by Minoru Kawasaki, Keisuke Ueda, and Ayano Yoshida Christie; behind-the-scenes featurette (10-15 minutes); and trailer. DVD: Additional behind-the-scenes featurette (length unknown) and stage greetings (approximately 60 minutes). An acrylic stand is also included.
Takeshobo DVD (2020)[8]
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: Unknown
- Special features: Unknown
SRS Cinema VHS (2021)[5]
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
SRS Cinema Blu-ray (2021)[5]
- Region: N/A
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Special features: Monster Seafood Wars trailer; still gallery; text of an interview with Minoru Kawasaki; additional trailers
Manga adaptation
On September 30, 2019, a Monster Seafood Wars web comic illustrated by Nobuyuki Hori began being released through Web Comic Gamma. It concluded on January 20, 2020 after 6 episodes:
- 1. "Giant Monsters Appear!!" 巨大怪獣現る!!
- 2. "The Giant Crab's Attack!!" 巨大蟹猛襲!!
- 3. "Exquisite! The Monster Feast" 絶品!怪獣食の宴
- 6. "God Only Knows" 神のみぞ知る
Videos
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Trivia
- The Seafood Monster Attack Team is likely named after the Monster Attack Team from Return of Ultraman, though the former is spelled in katakana rather than kanji.
- Monster Seafood Wars may serve as an homage to the 1970 film, Space Amoeba, as it features giant squid and crab monsters similar to Gezora and Ganimes. Promotional art for the film even seems to reference Space Amoeba's theatrical poster, with Ikara flipping Kanira over his head, similar to the poses pulled by Gezora and Kamoebas.
- In one concept illustration, the Seafood Monsters' appearances are based directly off anthropomorphic animal characters from two of director Minoru Kawasaki's previous films, The Calamari Wrestler (2004)[9] and Kani Goalkeeper (2006)[10].
- The Takkora creature suit will be reused in Den Ace Q, an upcoming film based on Minoru Kawasaki's titular Ultraman parody.
- Hide Fukumoto also portrayed the Prime Minister of Japan in Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit. Both characters are parodies of Shinzo Abe.
- One of the SMAT Jeeps has a drawing of Kilroy on its side.
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References
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