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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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Overview
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.
Rated G | Length 88 minutes
Actors
Russ Tamblyn | Kumi Mizuno | Kenji Sahara | Nobuo Nakamura | Jun Tazaki | Hisaya Ito | Yoshifumi Tajima | Ren Yamamoto | Kipp Hamilton | Kôzô Nomura | Nadao Kirino | Shôichi Hirose | Tadashi Okabe | Hideo Shibuya | Ikio Sawamura | Seishirô Kuno | Someshô Matsumoto | Goro Mutsumi | Haruo Nakajima | Yû Sekita | Yû Fujiki
Viewing History (seen 3 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/02/2021 | Home Theater | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6.5 stars |
| 03/23/2014 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
| 10/20/2010 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 6.83 stars |
Viewing Notes
Not a great movie, but the Gargantua costumes are awesome and there’s something cool about the Gargantuas actually being hurt by the 50 billion rockets and lasers and tank shells that are shot at them, considering none of that stuff ever does shit to any other giant monster.
I’ve watched parts of this before and it still weirds me out to see Russ Tamblyn as a scientist a mere 5-6 years after West Side Story. Since I still haven’t seen West Side Story, I mostly know him as a hippy drug dude from some pretty low budget stuff he starred in during the ‘60s and ‘70s.
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