Update: Death Kappa images

Death Kappa (Japan-2010; dir. dir. Tomoo Haraguchi) is a new kaiju film that uses traditional suitmation methods to create its giant monsters in retro 1960s style and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray in the West. Check out the original Undead Backbrain article and these Brainspasm postings for details on this most recent Gojira wannabe.

Below we provide a bunch of images from the film, including funky new cover art, though I'm uncertain what it's for as the DVDs are already out and appear to sport the above image.

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• Sources: SciFi Japan; Subway Cinema; DeVilDead (which includes a review, in French); Variety
• Images gathered by Avery Guerra (aka Kaiju Search-Robot Avery). Text: Robert Hood

Images of Death Kappa

Below are a few images of the crew (and main kaiju star) of Death Kappa (Japan-[in production]; dir. Tomoo Haraguchi).

 

 

Kaiju Search-Robot Avery has discovered this interview with director and SFX wizard, Tomoo Haraguchi.

Well, you know, it [making monster films] wasn't really a choice per se; it was just that I liked hanging out around the props. I mean, any kid would. I'd hang out in the art department and ask them to let me help make buildings for the monsters to destroy, or repair the monster suits.

I think it [using monster suits] also has roots in the Edo period, in the tradition of kabuki theater. Whenever an oni, or a tiger, or a giant snake, or some other kind of creature appears onstage, they're portrayed very similarly to the way Godzilla was -- by actors wearing suits. I definitely think that the idea of putting an actor into a monster costume came from that tradition.

Read the full interview here.

• Previous Undead Backbrain article.