Gappa (film)/Credits

The following are transcripts of the Japanese opening credits of Gappa and the opening credits of the film's American version, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet.

Gappa

Planning by

Eisei Koi

Original story by

Akira Watanabe

Screenplay by

Gan Yamazaki

Ryuzo Nakanishi

Photographed by

Muneo Ueda

Lighting technician

Moriyasu Tsuchida

Recording by

Saburo Takahashi

Art director

Kazumi Moike

Edited by

Masanori Tsuji

Assistant director

Masaru Konuma

Color arrangement by

Kakuichiro Nagatsuka

Processing by

Far East Laboratory

Production manager

Tsuguhiko Koishi

Special effects

Photographed by

Isamu Kakita

Keiji Kaneda

Yoshiyuki Nakamura

Lighting technician

Isamu Takahashi

Color arrangement by

Kikuo Ogawa

Art director

Yoichi Yamamoto

In cooperation with

Nippon Special Effects Motion Picture Co., Ltd.

Akira Watanabe

Shun Suganuma

Yukio Manoda

Ginzo Osumi

Music by

Seitaro Omori

Theme song Crown Records
Sheet Crown Music Book
"Gappa"

Lyrics by

Hikari Ichijo

Composed by

Masao Yoneyama

Performed by

Katsuhiko Miki

"Go, Gappa, Go!"

Lyrics by

Ryo Nakahara

Composed by

Seitaro Oomori

Performed by

Dawn Iida &

Paradise King

Cast

Tamio Kawachi

Yoko Yamamoto

Yuji Odaka

Koji Wada

Tatsuya Fuji

Keisuke Yukioka

Zenji Yamada

Bumon Kahara

Hiroshi Sugie

Saburo Hiromatsu

Binnosuke Nagao

Masaru Kamiyama

Kokan Katsura

Hiroshi Cho

Shiro Oshimi

Yoko Oyagi

Hiroshi Kono

Sanpei Mine

Takashi Koshiba

Kensuke Tamai

Minoru Sato

Seiji Matsuoka

Hiroshi Ito

Tadao Mitani

Kenji Shimamura

Masako Urushizawa

Midori Mori

Yoshie Kitsuta

Mariko Fukamachi

Hiromi Hiratsuka

Masanori Machida

Mike Danine

Ruich Fidancer

Paul Scheman

Ken Misugi

Shiro Toba

Hiroshi Atami

Takashi Kenagai

Hidehiro Matsuoka

Marisuke Hanayagi

Choreography by

Masako Urushizawa

Directed by

Haruyasu Noguchi

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Isao Hayashi

Monster from a Prehistoric Planet

MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET
© Copyright MCMLXVII American International Productions
All Rights Reserved
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

Starring

Tamio Kawaji

With

Yoko Yamamoto

Tatsuya Fuji

Koji Wada

Yuji Okada

Screenplay by

Iwao Yamazaki

Ryuzo Nakanishi

English dialogue by

William Ross

Photographed by

Muneo Ueda

Special Effects

Directed by

Akira Watanabe

Photographed by

Isamu Kakita

Kenji Kaneda

Yoshiyuko Nakamura

Produced by

Hideo Koi

Film Editing by

Masanori Tsuji

Art Direction by

Kazumi Koike

Directed by

Haruyasu Noguchi

Film credits

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live-action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Short films

Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Other Daiei films

Warning from Space (1956) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)

Heisei period	Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Death Kappa (2010) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • Gorgo (1961) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Reptilian (1999) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008)

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