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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Directed by Jun Fukuda

Action | Disaster | Fantasy

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Overview

Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

Rated G | Length 82 minutes

Actors

Katsuhiko Sasaki | Yutaka Hayashi | Hiroyuki Kawase | Kanta Mori | Kotaro Tomita | Ulf Otsuki | Sakyo Mikami | Fumiyo Ikeda | Robert Dunham | Gentaro Nakajima | Ralph Jesser | Shinji Takagi | Hideto Odachi | Tsugutoshi Komada | Masachika Mori | Kenpachirô Satsuma | Gorō Naya | Eisuke Nakanishi | Haruo Nakajima

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Viewing Notes

Great double feature with GODZILLA VS. GIGAN with the same sort of vibe. Silly plot, but the four-way monster battle is a good finale.  I thought the robot, Jet Jaguar, was a lot like Ultraman. 

My favorite parts of Godzilla films are the miniature sets and models, and this one has a great set piece: the destruction of a dam.

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