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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Directed by Ishirō Honda

Science Fiction | Action

Most recently watched by sensoria, philipjablon

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 ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/24/2023TVBroadcastTV6 stars
06/15/2013TVDVDOwned7 stars
03/06/2009TVDVDRented6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Not the biggest fan of this one but DKUTV had the Henry G. Saperstein version for their Monstrous Dubs Monday so I gave it another watch. I actually prefer the dubbed version. It’s fine. Would be a fun one to see with the G-Fest crowd. Surprised they haven’t programmed this movie.

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