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Latitude Zero

Original title: Ido zero daisakusen
  • 19691969
  • GG
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
898
YOUR RATING
Latitude Zero (1969)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Sci-Fi
A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200 year old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captai... Read allA journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200 year old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200 year old scientist, attack.A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200 year old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200 year old scientist, attack.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
898
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ishirô Honda
  • Writers
    • Warren Lewis(additional dialogue)
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
    • Ted Sherdeman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Akira Takarada
    • Joseph Cotten
    • Cesar Romero
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  • Director
    • Ishirô Honda
  • Writers
    • Warren Lewis(additional dialogue)
    • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
    • Ted Sherdeman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Akira Takarada
    • Joseph Cotten
    • Cesar Romero
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    • 18User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
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    Cesar Romero and Patricia Medina in Latitude Zero (1969)
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    Akira Takarada
    Akira Takarada
    • Dr. Ken Tashiro
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Capt. Craig McKenzie…
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Dr. Malic…
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Perry Lawton
    Patricia Medina
    Patricia Medina
    • Lucretia
    Linda Haynes
    Linda Haynes
    • Dr. Anne Barton
    Masumi Okada
    • Dr. Jules Masson
    Hikaru Kuroki
    • Capt. Kuroiga
    Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko Hirata
    • Dr. Sugata
    Susumu Kurobe
    Susumu Kurobe
    • Chin
    Wataru Ômae
    • Kobo
    Haruo Nakajima
    Haruo Nakajima
    • Flying Lion…
    Tetsu Nakamura
    • Dr. Okada
    Mari Nakayama
    • Tsuruko Okada
    Burr Middleton
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    Shigeo Katô
    • Marine observer
    Akio Kusama
    • Marine Vessel scorer
    Enver Altenbay
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ishirô Honda
    • Writers
      • Warren Lewis(additional dialogue)
      • Shin'ichi Sekizawa
      • Ted Sherdeman(screenplay) (stories)
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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      Capt. Craig McKenzie: [opening narration] Longitude 180 degrees, latitude zero. The Spring of 1969, the largest oceanographic ship in the world, the Japanese research vessel, "Fuji", has sailed eastwards from the Gilbert Islands to an area in the equatorial South Pacific to investigate and analyse what is known as the Cromwell Current, a sub-surface stream flowing eastwards from New Guinea to the coast of Ecuador. Why study it? Because, possibly, it can be used by submarines to increase speed, just as a jet stream is used by high-flying aircraft.

    • Alternate versions
      The movie was actually shot entirely in English. This "international version" has a running time of 105 minutes. When it was released in the United States by National General Pictures, it was cut by six minutes. Although Toho's international version runs 105 minutes, its Japanese theatrical cut is just under 90 minutes long. All the dialogue is dubbed into Japanese. The film was also reedited in the 70s as part of Toho's Champion Festival. The international and Japanese cuts are available on DVD in the US.
    • Connections
      Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)

    User reviews18

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    Sushi Sci-Fi with an American Twist
    As was the norm in the 60's, Japanese filmmakers used old-time American actors to help market their films in the US and Europe. Such Hollywood classics such as Raymond Burr ("Godzilla"), Nick Adams and Robert Horton ("The Green Slime") made a second career by appearing in Japanese sci -fi.

    Joseph Cotton ("Citizen Kane"), Cesar Romero (TV "Batman's" original Joker) and Richard Jaeckel ("The Dirty Dozen", "Spenser:For Hire", "The Green Slime"), were another three who appeared in this offbeat blend of sci-fi and fantasy.

    Cotten has his hands full as a Captain Nemo-esque commander of the super sub Alpha (an odd coincidence, since he later played the famous submariner in MGM's "Captain Nemo and the Underwater City"), fighting against a mad scientist (Romero) with a penchant for splicing together mutant creatures to rule the world. Jaeckel plays the reporter tossed into this crazy conflict, which has little or no plot or character development, but is just your average no-brainer popcorn flick perfect for the fanboy in all of us.

    A strange twist was the marketing of this film as a sequel to the live action version of the anime movie "Atragon", another super sub movie that bears absolutely no resemblance in design or plot to "Latitude Zero".
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    • Jan 11, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 1969 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Atragon II
    • Production companies
      • Ambassador Productions
      • Don Sharpe Enterprises
      • National General Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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