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Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaijû daishingeki
(1969)
Country of Origin:
Japan
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 70 mins
Format: colour 35mm Tohoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Toho / UPA
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
SCRIPT
Script: Shinichi Sekizawa
DIRECTION
Director: Ishirô Honda
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sokei Tomioka
Lab: CFI, Hollywood, California, USA
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Masahisa Himi
US Version Post-Production: Riley Jackson
MUSIC
Music: Kunio Miyauchi
Lyrics: Shinichi Sekizawa
Songs Arranger: Keiji Kano SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya, Sokei Tomioka, Ishirô Honda
(uncredited)
Assistant Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Art Director: Akira Watanabe
Special Effects Scene Manipulation: Fumio Nakadai
VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical Photography: Sadao Iizuda, Yukio Manoda
Special Effects Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Takeo Kita
Conceptual Artist: Teizo Toshimitsu
STUNTS
Stunt Choreographer: Haruo Nakajima CAST
Tomonori Yazaki (Ichiro Miki)
Eisei Amamoto (Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami)
Sachio Sakai (Bank Robber Senbayashi)
Kazuo Suzuki (Bank Robber Okuda)
Kenji Sahara (Kenkichi 'Tack' Miki)
Machiko Naka (Ichiro's mother
Shigeki Ishida (landlord)
Midori Uchiyama (Saichiko)
Yoshifumi Tajima (detective)
Chotaro Togin (assistant detective)
Yutaka Sada (trainman)
Yutaka Nakayama (man painting billboard)
Ikio Sawamura (bartender)
Haruo Nakajima (Gojira)
'Little Man' Machan (Minira)
Hiroshi Sekita (Gabara) PLOT SUMMARY
A lonely young boy, Ichiro, is a big Godzilla
fan and is bullied endlessly at school. His only escape from his grim
life is in his daydreams, which take him to Monster Island where he
sees Godzilla battling his greatest enemies. AVAILABILITY
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Company Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Maron Films
DVD Distributor: Simitar (7475); Simitar (7603 – as part of
Godzilla - 5 Rampaging Movies)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
Rating: G
TIMELINE
1969
December
20: Japan – theatrical release
1971
December
8: USA – theatrical release
1998
May
5: USA - DVD release (Simitar (7475))
1999
March
16: USA - DVD release (Simitar (7603 – as part of Godzilla - 5
Rampaging Movies))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
All kaijû daishingeki
All Monsters Attack
Attack All Monsters
Godzilla's Leverage
Godzilla's Revenge – US title
Minya: The Son of Godzilla – US title
Il ritorno di Gorgo – Italian title LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
Gojira no gyakushu (1955)
Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956)
Mosura (1961)
Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)
Mosura tai Gojira (1964)
Kaijû daisenso (1965)
Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966)
Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko (1967) KEYWORDS
bullies; children; dreams; giant monsters; islands; godzilla; sequels
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