Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû (1970)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 84 mins
Format: Technicolor     35mm     Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho
Executive Producers: Fumio Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka
US Version Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff, Salvatore Billitteri
Production Manager: Yasushi Sakai

SCRIPT
Script: Ei Ogawa

DIRECTION
Director: Ishirô Honda
Assistant Director: Seiji Tani

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Taiichi Kankura

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Masahisa Himi
US Version Editor: Eli Haviv

MUSIC
Music: Akira Ifukube

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Kanae Masua
Sound Effects: Sadamasa Nishimoto
American Re-Recording: Titan Productions Inc
US Version Dubbing Director: Helen Gary

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Director of Special Effects: Teisho Arikawa
Chief Assistant Special Effects Director: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Set Decorator: Yasuyuki Inoue

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Photography: Yoichi Manoda
Special Effects Optical Photography: Yoshiyuki Tokumasa

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Takeo Kita

LOCATIONS
Locations: Guam

CAST
Akira Kubo (Taro Kudo)
Atsuko Takahashi (Ayako Hoshino)
Yukiko Kobayashi (Saki)
Kenji Sahara (Makoto Obata)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Dr Kyoichi Mida)
Yu Fujiki (promotion division manager)
Noritake Saito (Rico)
Yûko Sugihara (stewardess)
Sachio Sakai (the editor)
Chotaro Togin (Yokoyama)
Wataru Omae (Sakura)
Tetsu Nakamura (Chieftain Ombo)
Yukihiko Gondo, Shigeo Kato, Rinsaku Ogata (islanders)
Haruo Nakajima (Gezora)

PLOT SUMMARY

A space probe is attacked by aliens and crashlands on a remote Pacific atoll, bringing with it a species of giant mutants that are soon threatening a group of developers trying to build a resort hotel.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributors: Astral Films

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
Video Distributors: Sinister Cinema

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: G

TIMELINE

1970
August
1: Japan – theatrical release
4: USA – theatrical release

1971
December
Day Unknown: Brazil – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Aliens - Monster des Grauens greifen an - German video title
Atom il mostro della galassia - Italian title
O Desafio dos Monstros - Brazilian title
Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû
Die Monster des Grauens greifen an - West German title
The Space Amoeba
Supesu Amiiba
Yog: Monster from Space - US title
Yog: The Space Amoeba

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Faces of Horror (1989)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again by John Stanley p.450
credits, review

KEYWORDS

aliens, amoeba, giant monsters, islands, kaiju eiga, monsters

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009