Kaiju Mono (2016)

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Kaiju Mono
The Japanese poster for Kaiju Mono
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki
Producer Yukihiko Yamaguchi, Kazutaka Sekiya,
Minoru Kawasaki
Written by Takao Nakano, Minoru Kawasaki
Music by Ryo Nakamura
Distributor ARC FilmsJP
Sentai FilmworksUS
Rating TV-14US
Running time 93 minutes
(1 hour, 33 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.78:1

Kaiju Mono (大怪獣モノ,   Daikaijū Mono, lit. Giant Monster Mono) is a 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

  • Mono
  • Nitta

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races

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

Kaiju Mono teaser
Kaiju Mono trailer
Behind-the-scenes footage

Trivia

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