Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1963 • Japan
Starring Tadao Takashima, Yoko Fujiyama, Ken Uehara
The imaginative work of legendary special-effects artist Eiji Tsuburaya is on display in this giddily entertaining science-fiction spectacle. Fearful that the humans who live on the Earth’s surface have become too technologically advanced, an ancient underground civilization from the lost continent of Mu and its sea serpent guardian reemerge to conquer the world. Are a former battleship captain (Jun Tazaki) and the super-submarine he has invented humanity’s last hope?
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Matango
Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1963 • Japan
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Dogora
Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1964 • Japan
Starring Robert Dunham, Yosuke Natsuki, Yoko FujiyamaWith DOGORA, Toho and director Ishiro Honda unleashed one of their wildest and weirdest creatures: a giant, jellyfish-like tentacled terror who descends from outer space and proceeds to consume the Eart...
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1964 • Japan
After laying waste to an alien civilization on Venus, the three-headed, lightning-emitting space monster Ghidorah brings its insatiable thirst for destruction to Earth, where fierce foes Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra must join forces in order to deal with th...
