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The War of the Gargantuas
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
1966 · Directed by Ishirō Honda · 88 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction · 10 frames
Tagline
A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!
Crew
- Screenplay: Takeshi Kimura, Ishirō Honda
- Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
- Edited by: Ryôhei Fujii
- Music: Akira Ifukube
- Production design: Takeo Kita
Cast
- Kenji Sahara as Dr. Yuzo Mamiya
- Kumi Mizuno as Akemi Togawa
- Russ Tamblyn as Dr. Paul Stewart
- Jun Tazaki as General Hashimoto
- Kipp Hamilton as Singer
- Yoshibumi Tajima as Officer Hirai
- Nobuo Nakamura as Professor Kita
- Hisaya Ito as Chief Izumida
- Nadao Kirino as Lt. Col. Kazama
- Ren Yamamoto as Saburo Kameda
Production
- Country: Japan, United States of America
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: TOHO, Benedict Pictures Corp., United Productions of America, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc.
- Themes: monster, airport, octopus, giant monster, sequel, kaiju, tokusatsu
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