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Rating: 7 stars

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Japan toho studios submarine underwater dkutv mad scientist transformation

All movies seen on 01/01/2023

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Latitude Zero (1969)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Fantasy | Science Fiction | Adventure

Overview

A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude Zero, a fantastic, Atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. It is soon discovered that Captain McKenzie is at war with the evil Dr. Malic, a cruel scientist who wishes to rule mankind all the while conducting genetic experiments on humans and animals. Malic sends his agents to kidnap Dr. Okada, a human scientist who has created a serum that can immunize exposure to radiation.

Rated G | Length 89 minutes

Actors

Joseph Cotten | Cesar Romero | Akira Takarada | Patricia Medina | Masumi Okada | Richard Jaeckel | Tetsu Nakamura | Mari Nakayama | Akihiko Hirata | Hikaru Kuroki | Linda Haynes | Susumu Kurobe | Burr Middleton | Haruo Nakajima | Osman Yusuf | Wataru Ômae

Viewing History (seen 4 times)

Viewing Notes

Part of the Titans of Toho Birthday Marathon on DKUTV that stretched over the final weekend of 2022 into 2023. I watched RAINBOW KIDS and this movie was next so I kept it rolling. This was the JP language version which I don’t think I’ve seen (the DVD I have is the English version). Kinda odd to see this given most of the cast are English speakers. Still a fun movie but probably should be seen in English. Cesar Romero, Joseph Cotton and Richard Jaeckel yelling in Japanese is a strange sight.

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