Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster (2009)

Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster

2009

Comedy Science Fiction Horror Action Fantasy

Synopsis

A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.

Credits

Director

Kiyotaka Taguchi

Cast

Jiji Bû as Doctor

Keisaku Kimura as Signalman

Ken Osawa as Hideo Hagiwara

Mark Chinnery as Dr. Anderson

Mina Fujii as Momoko Hagiwara

Mitsuko Oka as Tsuruko Hagiwara

Shiro Sano as Dr. Murakami

Terry Ito as Alien