Kyôryu: Kaichô no densetsu (1977)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 92 mins
Format: colour     35mm     Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toei Co Ltd
Producer: Keichi Hashimoto
Producer (US Version): Sandy Frank

SCRIPT
Script: Masaru Igami, Takeshi Matsumoto, Ichirô Ôtsu

DIRECTION
Director: Junji Kurata

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Shigeru Akatsuka

MUSIC
Music: Masao Yagi

MISCELLANEOUS
Special Technical Advisor: Fuminori Ohashi

CAST
Tsunehiko Watase
Nobiko Sawa
Shotako Hayashi
Tomoko Kiyoshima
Fuyukichi Maki
David Freedman
Maureen Peacock
Catherine Laub
Hiroshi Nawa
Ginji Nakamura
Masataka Iwao
Goro Oki
Yusuke Tsukasa
Yukio Miyagi
Akira Moroguchi
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Tetsuo Fujisawa
Mineko Maruhira (Yuki Segawa)
Satoru Nabe (Hiroshi Sugiyama)
Takashi Noguchi
Toshio Tomogane
Yoshiaki Yamashita

PLOT SUMMARY

A giant dinosaur emerges from the sea to menace a Japanese village while nearby an egg is hatching. The creature that emerges heads for a violent showdown with the dinosaur.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Video Distributors: Celebrity Video Presentations

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Toei Co Ltd

USA
Television Distributors: King Features Entertainment

TIMELINE

1977
April
29: Japan – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

From appetizer to dessert - One town becomes a monster meal.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Denizlerin tanrisi - Turkish title
Giganten der Vorzeit - West German title
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds - English language title
The Legend of the Dinosaurs - US title
Terremoto 10° - Italian title

KEYWORDS

dinosaurs, eggs, lakes

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009