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Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
Directed by Jun Fukuda
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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
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/12/2020 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| 11/16/2012 | TV | DVD | Borrowed | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
The frustrating thing about some of these late Showa-era films is they could be so much better if they’d had better budgets. Megalon and Jet Jaguar are both interesting but really don’t get enough to do. Plenty of stock destruction footage abounds so we never get to see Megalon physically stomping much at all.
All that being said there’s still fun to be had here. The four way battle between Gigan, Megalon, Jet Jaguar and Godzilla is crazy and fun. The dam destruction scene is great!
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