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

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writer:

Ei Ogawa

Release Date:

1 August 1970 (Japan)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The most fantastic science adventure ever filmed!

Plot:

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Monster | Space Probe | Island | Photographer

Cast

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
Haruo Nakajima	...	Gezora - Kameba
Haruyoshi Nakamura	...	Ganime

Directed by
Ishirô Honda

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ei Ogawa

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	producer (US version)
Salvatore Billitteri	....	producer (US version)
Fumio Tanaka	....	executive producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Akira Ifukube

Cinematography by
Taiichi Kankura

Film Editing by
Masahisa Himi

Production Design by
Takeo Kita

Production Management
Yasushi Sakai	....	production manager

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

Sound Department
Kanae Masua	....	sound recordist
Sadamasa Nishimoto	....	sound effects

Special Effects by
Sadamasa Arikawa	....	director of special effects
Yasuyuki Inoue	....	special effects set decorator
Teruyoshi Nakano	....	chief assistant special effects director

Visual Effects by
Yoichi Manoda	....	special effects cinematographer
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa	....	special effects optical photographer

Editorial Department
Eli Haviv	....	editor: US version

Other crew
Helen Gary	....	director: US dubbing

Production Companies

• Toho Company

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1971) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• CS Filmverleih (1970) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Toho (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• Tokyo Shock (2006) (USA) (DVD) (as 'Space Amoeba')

Other Companies

• Titan Productions  US dubbing facilities

Also Known As:

"Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû" - Japan (original title)
"Space Amoeba" - International (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Guam

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: Three of the main characters wear hats. During the second half of the movie, the hats come and go without reasonable explanation.

Movie Connections:

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

One funky kaiju eiga!

First,I watched "Matango", that was silly, but I just sat there.......

Then I stumbled upon "Supeesu Amibaa"(Kessen!no Dakaiju), this one blows away the other Island monster movies that Toho made. For example, check out the scenes of animals turning into giant latex Kaijus and to top it off, one of the stranded islanders from Japan (takes place in GUAM y'know!) gets infected by the "Supeesu Amiba".

Still worth watching,and possibly for laughing too!