Kaiju Mono (2016)
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Kaiju Mono (大怪獣モノ is a Daikaijū Mono, lit. Giant Monster Mono)2016 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by King Records and River Top, and distributed by ARC Films. It stars professional wrestler Kota Ibushi as a lab assistant who grows to giant size to combat a rampaging monster. The film was released to Japanese theaters on July 16, 2016.
Plot
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
- Written by Minoru Kawasaki, Takao Nakano
- Produced by Yukihiko Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Sekiya, Minoru Kawasaki
- Music by Ryo Nakamura
- Cinematography by Makoto Matsuo
- Edited by Kentaro Hitomi
- Assistant directing by Shingo Amamiya, Takanori Matsuoka
- Director of Special Effects Minoru Kawasaki
- Monster Effects by Shunsuke Hasegawa
- Physical Effects by Yutaka Yokoi
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kota Ibushi as Nitta (After Setupp X Cell Injection)
- Syuusuke Saito as Nitta (Before Setupp X Cell Injection)
- Miki Kawanishi as Miwa Saigo
- Saki Akai as Lisa
- Minoru Suzuki as Evil Nitta
- Eiji Ukulele
- Kikurin
- Ryuki Kitaoka
- Takumi Tsutsui
- Takagi Sanshiro
- Makoto Aida
- Daiki Hyodo as Himself
- Fuyuki Moto
- Mitsuko Hoshi
- Shimako Iwai as Herself
- Sayoko Hagiwara
- Michiko Makino
- Hiroshi Watari
- Masami Horiuchi
- Yasuhiko Saijo
- Shinzo Hotta as Professor Nindo Izumi
- Ryu Manatsu as Professor Jotaro Saigo
- Eiichi Kikuchi as Deputy Defense Secretary Wataru Hashimoto
- Satoshi Furuya as Defense Minister Yukio Kamikura
- Sandayu Dokumamushi as Himself
English Dub
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Scott Gibbs as Nitta
- David Wald as Evil Nitta / Nakai
- Molly Searcy as Miwa Saigo
- James Belcher as Professor Jotaro Saigo
- David Harbold as Professor Nindo Izumi
- Luci Christian as Lisa
- Steve Finley as Deputy Defense Secretary Wataru Hashimoto / Additional Voices
- Josh Morrison as Defense Minister Yukio Kamikura
- Kregg Dailey as Biologist Koichi Kirihara
- Mike Yager as Vice-Minister Shuichi Oda
- David Matranga as Viper / Additional Voices
- Jack Hickman as Sports Announcer
- Patricia Duran as Rui / Iwai / Additional Voices
- Adam Gibbs as Wataru
- Catherine Thomas as Asuna
- Maggie Flecknoe as Sae
- Greg Ayres as Jou
- Andrew Love as Male Soldier C
- Kira Vincent-Davis as Nishikawa / Akemi
- Clint Bickham as Presenter A
- Carl Masterson as Dokumamushi
- Kyle Jones as Narrator / Hyodo / Additional Voices
- Bryson Baugus as Arimura / Yuuto
- Shannon Reed, Son Le, Alexandra Bedford, Pooja Amin, Ned Gayle, Samantha Stevens, Joel McCray, Ricardo Contreras, Crystal Ruiz as Additional Voices
Appearances
Monsters
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Alternate Titles
- Giant Monster Mono (Literal Japanese title)
- Kaijyu Mono (Fantasia International Film Festival)
- Dai-Kaiju Mono (Early U.S. Blu-ray title)
Theatrical Releases
- Japan - July 16, 2016
Foreign Releases
Kaiju Mono's English-language debut was at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal on July 21, 2016, where it was screened under the title Kaijyu Mono. The film was released in the United States on Blu-ray by Sentai Filmworks in September 2018. Along with the Japanese audio, the disc includes an English dub by Sentai Studios. While the release is titled Kaiju Mono, early cover art instead used the title Dai-Kaiju Mono.
Video Releases
King Records DVD / Blu-ray (2017)
- Region: 2 (DVD) or A/1 (Blu-ray)
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono)
- Subtitles: English
- Special Features: Theater trailer, special report, making-of featurette, premiere footage, images from the San Sebastian Film Festival
Sentai Filmworks Blu-ray (2018)
- Region: A/1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese, English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
- Subtitles: English
- Special Features: None
Videos
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Trivia
- This film's director, Minoru Kawasaki, previously directed the Nikkatsu Corporation kaiju film Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit in 2008.
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