Fantasy | Science Fiction | Crime
Most recently watched by AllAboutSteve, sensoria, Javitron
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents’ constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
Rated G | Length 70 minutes
Tomonori Yazaki | Hideyo Amamoto | Sachio Sakai | Kazuo Suzuki | Kenji Sahara | Machiko Naka | Shigeki Ishida | Midori Uchiyama | Yoshifumi Tajima | Chôtarô Tôgin | Yutaka Sada | Yutaka Nakayama | Ikio Sawamura | Haruo Nakajima | 'Little Man' Machan | Yû Sekita | Osman Yusuf | Hidemi Ito | Junichi Ito
Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
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07/11/2019 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6 stars |
09/05/2016 | TV | DVD | Owned | 6 stars |
07/18/2015 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 6 stars |
03/16/2014 | TV | DVD | Owned | 5.5 stars |
05/27/2010 | TV | DVD | Library | 6 stars |
(Average) 5.9 stars |
Probably the first time I’ve viewed the original Japanese version (despite owning it for years). As with most folks not a big fan of this movie for all the obvious reasons. BUT this was a HUGE movie for me when I was a kid. It didn’t matter that most of the kaiju stuff was all clips from the other films cuz I didn’t know. I just loved the kid and his fantasy of hanging around with Minilla. I wanted to be that kid.
Watching it again I understand why it’s so hated. I don’t hate it. And I do like the departure with the crooks. But 70 minutes and mostly clips does not make for a good Godzilla movie.
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