{"id":1865,"date":"2009-02-18T16:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T05:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2009-02-18T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T11:12:24","slug":"new-daikaiju-gehara-the-hairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/02\/18\/new-daikaiju-gehara-the-hairy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Daikaiju: Gehara the Hairy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Word has leaked out via ENSHOHMA on the Kaijuphile forums about a new daikaiju film, <em>Gehara<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Postscript<\/strong>: <\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">for the record the film is called <em>Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"> [Long-haired Giant Monster Gehara] (Japan-2009<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">; short; dir. Kiyotaka Taguchi)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1888 aligncenter\" title=\"daikaijugehara4\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara4.jpg\" alt=\"daikaijugehara4\" width=\"371\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara4.jpg 424w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara4-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from this poster image, Daikaiju Gehara is a hairy, though reptilian critter. As far as I can tell from a poor automated translation of the Japanese website, the monster emerges from the sewers and sheds its daikaiju-sized hair across town as it rampages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1891 aligncenter\" title=\"daikaijugehara2\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara2.jpg\" alt=\"daikaijugehara2\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following information is &#8220;concocted&#8221; from a poor translation of text on the Japanese website, so is open to correction. The film, which I think is a short 15-minute film, was created by SFX technician Higuti Makoto, and was based on a contest-winning story and monster design by Jun Miura.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/36_11182.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1889\" title=\"36_11182\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/36_11182.jpg\" alt=\"36_11182\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/36_11182.jpg 480w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/36_11182-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film was due to be completed in February and will be screened on TV and at film festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Among the cast is Sano Shiro, who played a significant part in such major films as <em>Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack<\/em> (2001), <em>Godzilla 2000 Millennium<\/em> (1999), <em>Godzilla Final Wars<\/em> (2004) and <em>The Great Yokai War<\/em> (2005).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehera003l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1892\" title=\"gehera003l\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehera003l.jpg\" alt=\"gehera003l\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehera003l.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehera003l-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miura is hoping for a sequel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1893\" title=\"daikaijugehara1\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara1.jpg\" alt=\"daikaijugehara1\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/daikaijugehara1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehara006l.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1894\" title=\"gehara006l\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehara006l.jpg\" alt=\"gehara006l\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehara006l.jpg 640w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/gehara006l-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Postscript 2:<\/strong> Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/augustragone.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/great-hairy-beast.html\" target=\"_blank\">August Ragone&#8217;s blog<\/a> for a full &#8212; and more accurate &#8212; run-down on this film.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Source<\/strong>: <span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\">ENSHOHMA on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaijuphile.com\/forums\/showthread.php?p=311027&amp;posted=1#post311027\" target=\"_blank\">Kaijuphile forums<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhk.or.jp\/paphooo\/project\/gehara.html\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journal.mycom.co.jp\/news\/2009\/02\/15\/001\" target=\"_blank\">News Journal<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word has leaked out via ENSHOHMA on the Kaijuphile forums about a new daikaiju film, Gehara. Postscript: for the record the film is called Chohatsu Daikaiju Gehara [Long-haired Giant Monster Gehara] (Japan-2009; short; dir. Kiyotaka Taguchi) As you can see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/02\/18\/new-daikaiju-gehara-the-hairy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,44,54,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}