Latitude Zero (1969)
"Ido zero daisakusen" (original title)

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writers:

Warren Lewis (additional dialogue), Shin'ichi Sekizawa,

Stars:

Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Akira Takarada

Cast

Cast overview:
Joseph Cotten	...	Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Cesar Romero	...	Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings
Akira Takarada	...	Dr. Ken Tashiro
Masumi Okada	...	Dr. Jules Masson
Richard Jaeckel	...	Perry Lawton
Patricia Medina	...	Lucretia
Tetsu Nakamura	...	Dr. Okada
Mari Nakayama	...	Tsuruko Okada
Akihiko Hirata	...	Dr. Sugata
Wataru Ômae	...	Advisor
Hikaru Kuroki	...	Capt. Kroiga
Linda Haynes	...	Dr. Anne Barton
Susumu Kurobe	...	Chin
Burr Middleton	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Haruo Nakajima	...	Flying Lion / Giant Rat

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

photographer | biology | utopia | brain transplant | underwater city | 

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Taglines:

Discover the incredible world of tomorrow... 15 miles straight down at LATITUDE ZERO

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 1969 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Latitude Zero

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ambassador Productions, Don Sharpe Enterprises, National General Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lucretia, the evil Malic's companion, was played by 'Patricia Medina'. At the time this was filmed, she was married to Joseph Cotten who was playing good guy Captain Craig McKenzie.

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Goofs

The bat creatures' arms are connected to their wings. However in some shots (usually the ones require them to pick up or push someone) their arms and wings are suddenly separate appendages.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

User Reviews

Underrated Classic

This is one of the finest of the non-Godzilla epics by Ishiro Honda and Toho. It definitely has all the elements that make for a great film great story, great action and an interesting twist at the end. What really stands out is the fact that Honda pretty much took a near impossible situation in working with several American actors who didn't speak Japanese and was able to do a decent job in directing them. However, the thing that really was interesting about this film was the fact that this film marks what probably is the first and only time that Akira Takarada and the late, great Akihiko Hirata are heard speaking English with their own voices after years of being dubbed. This film is definitely one of the finest to come from Toho.