The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Furankenshutain no kaijû: Sanda tai Gaira
A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!
92 min
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.
- Release date
- July 31, 1966
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Akira Ifukube
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Kenji Sahara as Dr. Yuzo Majida
- Kumi Mizuno as Akemi Togawa
- Russ Tamblyn as Dr. Paul Stewart
- Jun Tazaki as General
- Kipp Hamilton as Singer
- Yoshifumi Tajima as Police Officer
- Nobuo Nakamura as Dr. Kita
- Hisaya Itô as Police Chief
- Nadao Kirino as Lt. Col. Kazama
- Ren Yamamoto as Sailor
- Kôzô Nomura as General's Aide
- Shôichi Hirose as Soldier
- Tadashi Okabe as Defiant Reporter
- Ikio Sawamura as Fisherman #1
- Seishirô Kuno as Fisherman #2
- Someshô Matsumoto as Official
- Gorô Mutsumi as Dr. Paul Stewart (voice)
- Haruo Nakajima as Gaira
- Yū Fujiki as (uncredited)
Crew
- Ishirō Honda · Director
- Reuben Bercovitch · Writer
- Ishirō Honda · Writer
- Takeshi Kimura · Writer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Akira Ifukube · Composer
- Hajime Koizumi · Cinematographer
- Ryōhei Fujii · Editor
- Takeo Kita · Production designer
- Mutsumi Toyoshima · Production designer