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

Obvious wires visible when the bat creature swoops down to attack the heroes during the climactic battle in the laboratory.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

User Reviews

Unique

This truly is the father of modern day Power Rangers, Star Blazers and much,much more. Not only does this have great US actors, but has all the classical features we now see in everyday television and movies. Example: People dressed up in Bat creature costumes, Flying submarines, etc. In contrast to todays movies with would seem to be rather lame, but overall if you take the total context of what is being shown you'll love it. It is not every day that you see great actors interacting with special effects creatures and under the direction of a great Japanesse director. Remember this try as you might you can not see this movie today due to it's being shelved back in Japan. I have tried to obtain it, tried to get various TV stations to play it all to no avail.