Monster Seafood Wars | |||||
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Kanji | 三大怪獣グルメ | ||||
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Directed by | Minoru Kawasaki | ||||
Screenplay by | Masakazu Migita | ||||
Based on | An unmade film proposed by Eiji Tsuburaya | ||||
Produced by | Minoru Kawasaki Saguma Shinichi | ||||
Starring | Eiichi Kikuchi | ||||
Cinematography | Makoto Matsuo | ||||
Edited by | Yuta Kawasaki | ||||
Music by | Asaka Kougi | ||||
Production companies | Dentsu Takeshobo Mobacon Pal Entertainments Rivertop | ||||
Distributed by | Pal Entertainments | ||||
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Running time | 84 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Budget | ¥20 million [1] |
Monster Seafood Wars ( Japanese: 三大怪獣グルメ, Hepburn: San Daikaijū Gurume, lit. 'Three Monsters Gourmet') is a 2020 Japanese kaiju film directed by Minoru Kawasaki. [2] The film is loosely based on an unmade film featuring a giant octopus proposed by Eiji Tsuburaya prior to production of the original 1954 Godzilla film.
Yuta Tanuma, a former member of the Institute for Super Physics and Chemistry, was dismissed during the development of a powerful drug that enlarges living things, and is currently helping his parents' sushi restaurant. Meanwhile, a giant squid and a giant octopus suddenly appear in Tokyo. Hibiki, a government-organized seafood monster attack unit (SMAT) commander, invited Yuta to SMAT.
SMAT introduces a new weapon "vinegar cannon" to challenge the three major monsters. However, because the monster meat that was cut off by the attack was delicious, a "monster meat boom" occurred in the world. [3] [4]
Monster Seafood Wars was released in Japan on June 6, 2020. [2]
The film was released in the United States by SRS Cinema on VHS and Blu-ray in April 2021. [5] [6]