Yog: Monster from Space (1970)
"Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû" (original title)

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant... See full summary »

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writer:

Ei Ogawa

Stars:

Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Akira Kubo	...	Taro Kudo
Atsuko Takahashi	...	Ayako Hoshino
Yukiko Kobayashi	...	Saki, native girl
Kenji Sahara	...	Makoto Obata
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Dr. Kyoichi Mida
Yû Fujiki	...	Promotion Division Manager
Noritake Saito	...	Rico, the guide
Yûko Sugihara	...	Stewardess
Sachio Sakai	...	The Editor
Chôtarô Tôgin	...	Yokoyama, an agent
Wataru Ômae	...	Sakura
Tetsu Nakamura	...	Chieftain Ombo
Yukihiko Gondô	...	Islander
Shigeo Katô	...	Islander
Rinsaku Ogata	...	Islander

Storyline

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | monster | space probe | island | photographer | 

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Taglines:

The most fantastic science adventure ever filmed!

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1 August 1970 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Yog: Monster from Space

Filming Locations:

Guam

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya convinced his friend Kenji Sahara to switch roles.

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Goofs

The lighted eyes on the monster Gezora went dead halfway through filming of the fx. There was no money left in the FX budget to repair them, and they remain unlighted in certain scenes.

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Connections

Edited into Out of this World Super Shock Show (2007)

User Reviews

A hilarious rubber monster movie

"Yog: Monster from Space" (the English title) is sort of like "Plan Nine from Outer Space" in the respect that it is a pretty bad film that is wonderfully entertaining to watch. One great example is found in the beginning. The main character is sitting in a jet reading a newspaper. We can see the headline -- 'Jupiter probe fails' (or something to that effect). At that >exact< moment, the guy looks out the window and happens to see the Jupiter probe parachuting back to earth (and he's in a jet going 200-300 miles per hour). Later, at his destination, he's assigned a photography job on this tropical island (apparently a Japanese tourist company is going to build a resort there). When he sees the location of this island marked with an "x" on the map, he says "gee, thats the EXACT SPOT where I saw the jupiter probe go down". Then there are the rubbery-looking monsters complete with Godzillaesque screeching noises, really bad special effects shots where people look like action figures, big halos around the tentacles that grab people, etc. Essentially, the movie is pretty much the same Godzilla formula: characters discover monster(s), characters meet incompetent tribal villagers, characters try to defeat monster(s). For anyone who likes Godzilla et al., or anyone who wants to laugh hysterically at rubbery stop motion monsters in a bad film, this is a must-see.