| Monster Seafood Wars | |||||
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| Director: | Minoru Kawasaki | ||||
| Producer: | Minoru Kawasaki Saguma Shinichi | ||||
| Screenplay: | Masakazu Migita | ||||
| Based On: | An unmade film proposed by Eiji Tsuburaya | ||||
| Starring: | Eiichi Kikuchi | ||||
| Music: | Asaka Kougi | ||||
| Cinematography: | Makoto Matsuo | ||||
| Editing: | Yuta Kawasaki | ||||
| Studio: | Dentsu Takeshobo Mobacon Pal Entertainments Rivertop | ||||
| Distributor: | Pal Entertainments | ||||
| Runtime: | 84 minutes | ||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||
| Budget: | ¥20 million[1] | ||||
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.
The film was released in the United States by SRS Cinema on VHS and Blu-ray in April 2021.[5]