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

Original title: 長髪大怪獣ゲハラ
Release date: Feb. 24, 2009
Status: Released
Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Fantasy
Runtime: 0h 15min
Producers: NHK

Name: Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Fantasy
Released: 2009-02-24
Cast: Ken Osawa, Mina Fujii, Mitsuko Oka, Shirô Sano

Directed by Kiyotaka Taguchi.
Starring Ken Osawa, Mina Fujii, Mitsuko Oka and Shirô Sano.

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.