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Deep Sea Beast Reigo
also known as ''Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato'' is a 2008 independently-made Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film by Shinpei Hayashiya. Veteran artist Keita Amemiya designed the titular monster. The film's original working title was ''Reigo vs. Yamato'' (レイゴー対大和 - ''Reigô tai Yamatô).'' The film, set in World War II, depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the '' Yamato'', which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo. The film was released on home video in the United States in 2019 under the title ''Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters''. Plot In September 1942, Captain Yamagami (Susumu Kurobe) is ordered to rendezvous the Yamato with the Combined Fleet that is gathering at the Truk Islands (aka Chuuk Islands) in Micronesia, a key strategic point in the South Pacific. With beautiful clear blue skies above and surrounded by coral reefs below, this South Seas paradise became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyo Sugiura
(born March 10, 1981) is a Japanese actor. Early life Sugiura was born in Okayama, Japan. He has a brother, Takao (太雄), who is two years younger. Sugiura attended Neyagawa 1st Junior High School (Neyagawa Middle School) and Osaka Sangyo University Senior High School, where he graduated from in 1999. Career Sugiura made his debut in 1998 with TV Asahi, where he appeared in several dramas. In 2001, he was cast in and starred for ''Ultraman Cosmos''. This was followed by his appearance in the 2003 '' Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle''. Personal life On June 17, 2007, Sugiura married Nozomi Tsuji while she was three months pregnant; the marriage was confirmed to be a shotgun wedding. Sugiura and Tsuji met in April 2006 through mutual friends. The couple have four children: daughter (born 2007) and sons (born 2010), (born 2013), and (born 2018). On September 15, 2020, Sugiura tested positive of COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Fleet
The was the main sea-going component of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Until 1933, the Combined Fleet was not a permanent organization, but a temporary force formed for the duration of a conflict or major naval maneuvers from various units normally under separate commands in peacetime. History Sino-Japanese War (1894–95) The Combined Fleet was formally created for the first time on 18 July 1894 by the merger of the Standing Fleet and the Western Fleet. The Standing Fleet (also known as the Readiness Fleet) contained the navy's most modern and combat-capable warships. The Western Fleet was a reserve force consisting primarily of obsolete ships deemed unsuitable for front-line combat operations, but still suitable for commerce protection and coastal defense. Vice-admiral Itō Sukeyuki was appointed the first Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet for the duration of the first Sino-Japanese War against China. Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) The Combined Fleet was re-formed d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
