A giant sea monster wreaks havoc on a battleship after one of it's young is killed by the shipA giant sea monster wreaks havoc on a battleship after one of it's young is killed by the shipA giant sea monster wreaks havoc on a battleship after one of it's young is killed by the ship
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- TriviaRetitled as Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters to cash in on the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).
- ConnectionsReferences Ultraman: A Special Effects Fantasy Series (1966)
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For hard-core kaiju fans only
In this low-budget daikaiju adventure, ships of the Japanese Imperial Navy, including the battleship Yamato, face off against a number of monstrous sea-beasts including the titular aquatic 'dragon'. At this level of production, the old suit-mation techniques and miniatures look better than CGI. Most of the images of the Reigo and its entourage are blurry or supersaturated (when clear, the creature usually looks like a toy although the 'eye shots' are quite effective), and the animation of the ocean surface and of the various ships in the flotilla is not much better. There are couple effective images of the Yamato but for the most part the rendering of the ships looks more like a videogame than a 'feature film'. The scenes onboard the Yamato are generally unconvincing (you get the impression that a crew of three men can fire the battleship's 18 inch guns) and the actor playing the young 'Captain' needed a hair-cut before donning a navel uniform (as did the lead actor, Taiyo Sugiura). The cryptic and overly-long kabuki-themed epilogue was lost on me. Made by independent filmmaker (and kaiju fan) Shinpei Hayashiya, the cast includes Susumu Kurobe and Yukijiro Hotaru, both of whom have appeared in Godzilla films (Kurobe as far back as the first Ghidorah film in 1964). All in all, Reigo is one step below 'The Asylum' direct to cable sci-fi/monster films, but if you are willing to sit through one of those, you may enjoy this bargain-bin tribute to classic daikaiju films.
- jamesrupert2014
- Oct 31, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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