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Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)
Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 88 mins (USA)
89 mins (Germany)
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Tohoscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
US Version Presenters: Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson
SCRIPT
Script: Ishirô Honda, Kaoru Mabuchi (real name: Takeshi Kimura)
DIRECTION
Director: Ishirô Honda
Assistant Director: Seiji Tani
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Taiichi Kankura
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ryohei Fujii
MUSIC
Music: Akira Ifukube
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Shoichi Yoshizawa
Sound Effects: Sadamasa Nishimoto, Hisashi Shimonaga
US Version Dubbing Supervisor: Salvatore Billitteri SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Eiji Tsuburaya
Director of Special Effects: Teisho Arikawa
Chief Assistant Director of Special Effects: Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Photographer: Teisho Arikawa
Special Effects Cameramen: Yoichi Manoda, Sokei Tomioka
Special Effects Lighting: Kuichiro Kishida
Special Effects Art Directors: Akira Watanabe, Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Wire Work: Fumio Nakadai
VISUAL EFFECTS
Opticals: Hiroshi Mukoyama
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Takeo Kita STUNTS
Stunt Choreographer: Haruo Nakajima CAST
Akira Kubo (Captain Katsuo Yamabe)
Yukiko Kobayashi (Kyoko Yamabe)
Jun Tazaki (Dr Yoshido)
Chotaro Togin (Ogata)
Yoshifumi Tajima (Army Commander)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Dr Otani)
Andrew Hughes (Dr Stevenson)
Kenji Sahara (Commander Nishikawa)
Kyôko Ai (Kilaak Queen)
Hisaya Ito (enraged soldier)
Ikio Sawamura (old farmer)
Yutaka Sada (police officer)
Koji Uno (skeptical reporter)
Seishiro Kuno, Wataru Omae, Naoya Kusakawa (SY-3 astronauts)
Kazuo Suzuki, Toru Ibuki, Susumu Kurobe (Kilaak spies)
Nadao Kirino (secret police)
Kenichiro Maruyama (moon base employee)
Yutaka Oka (reporter)
Haruo Nakajima (military advisor / Gojira)
Teruo Nigaki (Radon)
Hiroshi Sekita (Angirasu)
'Little Man' Machan (Minira)
Susumu Utsumi (Kingugidora)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Hal Linden (Captain Katsuo Yamabe – uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
In the year 1999, Earth's authorities
have contained the many monsters that once threatened the world on
Monster Island. But the alien Kilaaks release the creatures as a prelude
to their planned invasion and soon New York, London and Paris are
being demolished. As the creatures converge on Tokyo, the valiant
crew of the spaceship X-2 manage to infiltrate the alien base on the
moon and the Kilaaks deploy their ultimate weapon – King Ghidorah!
CAPSULE REVIEW
The apex of the Japanese monster movie, with more giant eterrors
than you can shake a stick at, strange aliens and – in the English
language versions at least – a hilarious dub. Shakespeare's
got nothing to worry about, but if all you want is lots of stuntmen
in rubber monster suits trampling model cities and fighting each other
(and, really, what more could you want?), this is the best
it gets. A classic.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Astral Films
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong
USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP
Video Distributor: Fright Video
DVD Distributor: A.D.V. Films (DVDALA/007)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
USA
Rating: G
West Germany
Rating: 12 (nf)
TIMELINE
1968
August
1: Japan – theatrical release
1969
May
23: USA – theatrical release
1971
January
27: West Germany – theatrical release
1972
August
4: Finland – theatrical release
2000
February
22: USA - DVD release (A.D.V. Films (DVDALA/007))
POSTER TAGS
The Battle Cry that Could Save the World!
The Monsters in in revolt. And the world is on the brink of destruction!!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
All Monsters Attack
Attack of the Marching Monsters
Destroy All Monsters – US title
Les envahisseurs attaquent – French title
Gli eredi di King Kong – Italian title
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All –
German title
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem Weltall –
German title
Gojira dengeki taisakusen - reissue title
Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa – Finnish title
Invasión extraterrestre – Spanish title
The March of the Monsters
Monster Attack March
Operation Monsterland – UK title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
Gojira no gyakushu (1955)
Sora no daikaijû Radon (1956)
Daikaijû Baran (1958)
Mosura (1961)
Kingukongu tai Gojira (1962)
Mosura tai Gojira (1964)
Kaijû daisenso (1965)
King Kong (1966)
Gojira-Ebira-Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966)
Kingukongu no gyakushu (1967)
Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko (1967)
SEE ALSO
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
Gojira (1988a)
Gojira (1988a)
Gojira: Kaiju dai-rantou (2002)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Gojira Fuantajî ~SF Kôkyô Fuantajî~ (1984)
Hyperdelic E-Mission (1991) KEYWORDS
aliens, alien invasions, astronauts, giant monsters, godzilla, helicopters,
islands, mind control, the moon, moon bases, sequels, spaceships
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