| Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shinpei Hayashiya |
| Produced by | Shinpei Hayashiya |
| Written by | Shinpei Hayashiya Keita Toriumi |
| Starring | Isamu Ago Mickey Curtis |
| Cinematography | Masayuki Nakazawa |
| Release date(s) | November 3, 2005 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato (深海獣レイゴー Shinkaijū Reigō) is a 2005 independent tokusatsu 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.
In 2009 director Hayashiya made a follow up entitled The Deep-Sea Monster Raiga. The film features a more traditional Godzilla like kaiju called Raiga. The creature rises from the sea to do battle with another of his kind.