Space Amoeba (1970)
Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû
An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!
84 min
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
- Release date
- August 1, 1970
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
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Cast
- Akira Kubo as Taro Kudo
- Atsuko Takahashi as Ayako Hoshino
- Yukiko Kobayashi as Saki, native girl
- Kenji Sahara as Makoto Obata
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Dr. Kyoichi Mida
- Tetsu Nakamura as Chieftain Ombo
- Yū Fujiki as Promotion Division Manager
- Nobutake Saitô as Rico, the guide
- Yûko Sugihara as Stewardess
- Sachio Sakai as The Editor
- Chôtarô Tôgin as Yokoyama, an agent
- Wataru Ômae as Sakura
- Yukihiko Gondô as Sergio Islander
- Shigeo Katô as Sergio Islander
- Haruo Nakajima as Gezora / Ganimes / Taro Kudo (water scene stunt double)
- Ichirô Murakoshi as Space Amoeba / Narrator (voices) (uncredited)
- Yoshio Katsube as News Reporter (uncredited)
- Eisaburo Komatsu as News Reporter (uncredited)
Crew
- Ishirō Honda · Director
- Ei Ogawa · Writer
- Samuel Z. Arkoff · Producer
- Salvatore Billitteri · Producer
- Akira Ifukube · Composer
- Taiichi Kankura · Cinematographer
- Masahisa Himi · Editor
- Takeo Kita · Production designer