Destroy All Monsters (1968) Kaijû sôshingeki (original title)

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writers:

Ishirô Honda (writer)
Takeshi Kimura

Release Date:

23 May 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Monsters of mass destruction.

Plot:

Female aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race.

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Alien | Island | Godzilla | Rodan

Cast

Akira Kubo	...	SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe
Jun Tazaki	...	Dr. Yoshido
Yukiko Kobayashi	...	Kyoko Manabe
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Dr. Otani
Kyôko Ai	...	Kilaak Queen
Andrew Hughes	...	Dr. Stevenson
Chôtarô Tôgin	...	Ogata
Yoshifumi Tajima	...	General
Kenji Sahara	...	Commander Nishikawa
Hisaya Itô	...	Major Tada
Yoshio Katsuda	...	Young Scientist
Heihachirô Ôkawa	...	Engineer (as Henry Okawa)
Kôji Uno	...	Skeptical Reporter
Ikio Sawamura	...	Old Farmer
Yutaka Sada	...	Police Officer
Hiroshi Okada	...	Doctor at hospital
Hideo Shibuya	...	1st Reporter
Nadao Kirino	...	1st Detective
Yutaka Oka	...	2nd Detective
Kamayuki Tsubono	...	3rd Detective
Seishiro Hisano	...	SY-3 Engineer
Kenichiro Maruyama	...	Moon Base Employee
Ken Echiyo	...	SY-3 Engineer
Seishirô Kuno	...	SY-3 Astronaut
Wataru Ômae	...	SY-3 Astronaut
Naoya Kusakawa	...	SY-3 Astronaut
Kazuo Suzuki	...	Kilaak Controlled Staffer
Tôru Ibuki	...	Kilaak Controlled Staffer
Susumu Kurobe	...	Kilaak Contolled Staffer
Minoru Itô	...	Kilaak Controlled Staffer
Rinsaku Ogata	...	1st Officer
Keiko Miyauchi	...	Kilaak
Haruya Sakamoto	...	2nd Officer
Yukihiko Gondô	...	Soldier
Atsuko Takahashi	...	Kilaak
Saburô Iketani	...	News Reader
Yoshio Miyata	...	Kilaak
Ari Sagawa	...	Kilaak
Kyoko Mori	...	Kilaak
Midori Uchiyama	...	Kilaak
Wakako Tanabe	...	Kilaak
Michiko Ishii	...	Kilaak
Haruo Nakajima	...	Military Advisor / Gojira
Teruo Nigaki	...	Radon
Yû Sekida	...	Angirasu
'Little Man' Machan	...	Minira
Susumu Utsumi	...	Kingugidora
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hal Linden	...	Akira Kubo (uncredited) (voice: English version)
Norman Rose	...	Opening Narrator (uncredited)
Ted Rusoff	...	Dr. Otani (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Ishirô Honda

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ishirô Honda		writer
Takeshi Kimura		(as Kaoru Mabuchi)

Produced by
Tomoyuki Tanaka	....	producer

Original Music by
Akira Ifukube

Cinematography by
Taiichi Kankura

Film Editing by
Ryohei Fujii

Production Design by
Takeo Kita

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Seiji Tani	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Sadamasa Nishimoto	....	sound effects
Hisashi Shimonaga	....	sound effects
Shoichi Yoshizawa	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Sadamasa Arikawa	....	director of special effects (as Sademasa Arikawa)
Sadamasa Arikawa	....	special effects photographer
Yasuyuki Inoue	....	special effects art director
Kuichirô Kishida	....	special effects lighting
Fumio Nakadai	....	special effects wire work
Teruyoshi Nakano	....	chief assistant director of special effects
Eiji Tsuburaya	....	special effects supervisor
Akira Watanabe	....	special effects art director

Visual Effects by
Sudono Iizuda	....	optical photographer
Yoichi Manoda	....	special effects cameraman
Hiroshi Mukoyama	....	special effects opticals
Sokei Tomioka	....	special effects cameraman

Stunts
Haruo Nakajima	....	stunt choreographer

Other crew
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	presenter (US version)
Salvatore Billitteri	....	supervisor: US dubbing
James H. Nicholson	....	presenter (US version)

Production Companies

• Toho Company

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Astral Films (1969) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Les Films Marbeuf (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• ADV Films (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Fright Video (video)
• Kuk Dong
• Media Blasters (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)

Other Companies

• Toho Studios  sound stages

Also Known As:

"Kaijû sôshingeki" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

Germany:89 min | USA:88 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:G | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

During the big 4 monster attack on Tokyo (by Godzilla, Rodan, Manda and Mothra) there was a few minutes of footage shot of Godzilla and Manda fighting. It was later decided that it was out of character for the monsters to start fighting, as they were under Kilaak control. The scene was immediately scrapped. It has been rumored that the scene was shot on the "spur of the moment," that the fx people were having a bit of fun (having Manda attack Godzilla), and Tsubarya just let the cameras roll during this. Planned or not, footage of this still exists and had been shown many times at fan conventions.

Goofs:

Plot holes: The Kilaaks exist in a temperature of at least 7,000 degrees. But several humans captured by the Kilaaks from Monsterland are in both Kilaak bases on Earth and the Moon. They should have been incinerated.

Quotes:

Major Tada:I didn't think Tokyo would escape this terror, but Rodan, Godzilla and Manda are all here at the same time.
Enraged Soldier:That's correct. New York, London, Moscow - they were all very unlucky.
Announcer:Emergency! Emergency! Mothra is now in District Number 5.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Godzilla (#4.15)" (2009)

Kick ass monster movie

Any movie with 11 monsters is an instant bad ass. I did not see all of this film but it was incredible.

Though it took a while to get to monster action with Godzilla, Manda, Rodan and mothra all invading New York at once, it was an exciting film. Though the narrating sucked and the acting wasn't so great, it was good.

It definitely made the military look like idiots in the first monster scene when they are firing machine guns and missiles at the four monsters in New York. This movie should not be rated G, but pg-13 for monster violence. I advise you to see this film A.S.A.P.