Death Kappa
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Directed byTomoo Haraguchi
Screenplay byMasakazu Migita
Story byTomoo Haraguchi
Produced by
- Yoko Hayama
- Yoshinori Chiba
- Tomo Fukatsu
- Hidemasa Iwashita
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| Directed by | Tomoo Haraguchi |
| Screenplay by | Masakazu Migita |
| Story by | Tomoo Haraguchi |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Yoshihito Takahashi |
| Edited by | Yoshitaka Honda |
| Music by | Masako Ishii |
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| Distributed by | Tokyo Shock |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Death Kappa (Japanese: デスカッパ, Hepburn: Desukappa) is a 2010 kaiju film directed by Tomoo Haraguchi. An international co-production of Japan and the United States, it stars Misato Hirata, Mika Sakuraba, and Ryuki Kitaoka. In the film, a series of military experiments result in the appearance of a giant irradiated monster rivaled by a colossal mutant kappa (an amphibious, turtle-like yōkai).[1][2] It is the second kaiju film by the company to be inspired by kappa after Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967).[3]
Cast
- Misato Hirata as Kanako Kawado[4]
- Mika Sakuraba as Yuriko
- Daniel Aguilar Gutiérrez as Professor Tanaka
- Ryuki Kitaoka as National Guard
- Hiroko Sakurai as Fujiko Kawado
- Mitsuko Hoshi as JSDF Officer
- Shigeru Araki as Secretary-General
- Yakan Nabe as Station Attendant
- Toshio Miyake as Hangyloas
- Kazunori Yokoo as Death Kappa
The film features cameo appearances by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi.[4]
