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.

Plot

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]

Cast

  • Eiichi Kikuchi as Minoru Hotta
  • Yûya Asato as Shinjiro Hikoma
  • Ayano Yoshida Christie as Nana Hoshiyama
  • Hide Fukumoto as Prime Minister Ube
  • Ryô Kinomoto
  • Masayuki Kusumi

Release

Theatrical

Monster Seafood Wars was released in Japan on June 6, 2020.[2]

Home media

The film was released in the United States by SRS Cinema on VHS and Blu-ray in April 2021.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Chaffins, Benjamin (2020). "MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS Interview With Director Minoru Kawasaki". SciFi Japan.
  2. ^ a b "三大怪獣グルメ : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ "海鮮怪獣を食べつくせ! 『三大怪獣グルメ』に河崎実監督が込めた「特撮の神様」へのオマージュとは". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. ^ Aiken, Keith (16 September 2019). "MONSTER SEAFOOD WARS — First Look at Upcoming Kaiju Movie". SciFi Japan.
  5. ^ "Monster Seafood Wars Blu-ray". SRS Cinema LLC. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  6. ^ Monster Seafood Wars (2020), retrieved 2021-06-23

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