Latitude Zero (1969)
Ido zero daisakusen (original title)Reference View | Change View
- G
- 1h 29min
- Action, Adventure
- 26 Jul 1969 (Japan)
- Movie
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.
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Cast
| Akira Takarada | ... |
Dr. Ken Tashiro
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| Joseph Cotten | ... |
Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
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| Cesar Romero | ... |
Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings
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| Richard Jaeckel | ... |
Perry Lawton
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| Patricia Medina | ... |
Lucretia
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| Linda Haynes | ... |
Dr. Anne Barton
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Masumi Okada | ... |
Dr. Jules Masson
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Hikaru Kuroki | ... |
Capt. Kuroiga
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| Akihiko Hirata | ... |
Dr. Sugata
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| Susumu Kurobe | ... |
Chin
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Hitoshi Ômae | ... |
Kobo
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| Haruo Nakajima | ... |
Flying Lion / Giant Rat
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Tetsu Nakamura | ... |
Dr. Okada
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Mari Nakayama | ... |
Tsuruko Okada
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Burr Middleton | ... |
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Shigeo Katô | ... |
Marine observer
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Eisaburo Komatsu | ... |
Reporter
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Akio Kusama | ... |
Marine Vessel scorer
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Kôichi Satô | ... |
Medical Petty Officer of Recovery Ship
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| Kazuo Suzuki |
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Masaaki Tachibana | ... |
News Reporter
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Enver Altenbay | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Teruo Aragaki | ... |
Other Giant Rat (uncredited)
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Kathy Horan | ... |
Correspondent of the base (uncredited)
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| Andrew Hughes | ... |
Sir Maurice Poeley (uncredited)
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Yoshio Katsube | ... |
Ocean Observation Vessel Recorder / Latitude Zero resident (uncredited)
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Peggy Neal | ... |
Correspondent of the base B. (uncredited)
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Seiji Onaka | ... |
Sailor on escort ship (uncredited)
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Yû Sekita | ... |
Bat Man / Seaman (uncredited)
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Peter Williams | ... |
Shirtless man at resort. (uncredited)
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| Osman Yusuf | ... |
Man with Gun (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Ishirô Honda | ||
Written by
| Warren Lewis | ... | (additional dialogue) |
| Shin'ichi Sekizawa | ... | (writer) |
| Ted Sherdeman | ... | (screenplay) |
| Ted Sherdeman | ... | (stories) |
Produced by
| Don Sharpe | ... | producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Akira Ifukube | ||
Cinematography by
| Taiichi Kankura | ||
Editing by
| Ume Takeda | ||
Production Design by
| Takeo Kita | ||
| Mutsumi Toyoshima | ||
Costume Design by
| Linda Glazman | ||
| Kiichi Ichida | ||
Production Management
| Yasuaki Sakamoto | ... | production manager |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kôji Hashimoto | ... | second assistant director (as Koji Hashimoto) |
| Yasuaki Sakamoto | ... | assistant director |
| Seiji Tani | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Teizô Toshimitsu | ... | special effects suit designer |
Sound Department
| Masao Fujiyoshi | ... | recording director |
| Sadamasa Nishimoto | ... | sound effects |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | ... | sound effects editor |
| Seiji Tani | ... | sound mixer |
Special Effects by
| Yukio Manoda | ... | special effects set decorator |
| Fumio Nakadai | ... | special effects scene manipulation |
| Teruyoshi Nakano | ... | assistant director of special effects |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | director of special effects |
| Kôichi Kawakita | ... | special effects opticals assistant (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
| Sadamasa Arikawa | ... | director of special effects photography |
| Sadao Iizuda | ... | optical photography |
| Kyuichirô Kishida | ... | special effects lighting |
| Yukio Manoda | ... | optical photographer |
| Fumio Nakadai | ... | optical photographer |
Stunts
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | stunt choreographer / underwater stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kiichi Onda | ... | lighting technician |
Production Companies
Distributors
- National General Pictures (1969) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Toho (1969) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Film AB Lux (1969) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Hunnia Filmstúdió (1970) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Internazionale Nembo Distribuzione Importazione Esportazione Film (INDIEF) (1970) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (1971) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Excelsior Films (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Les Films Marbeuf (1971) (France) (theatrical)
- Nederland Film (1973) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- EMI Film Distributors (1974) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Selecciones Fuster (José Fuster Candel) (1974) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Rosenbergs Filmbyrå (1981) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Hellfire Video Inc. (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Media Blasters (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2012) (Japan) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Toho Studios (sound stages)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
An American photo-journalist accompanies two Japanese scientists in a bathysphere to study the Cromwell Current deep in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Suddenly, a volcano erupts at close hand. Shock waves from the vent tear the diving bell loose from its research ship. The three men are saved by a high-tech submarine, the Alpha. Unbelievably, its captain, Craig McKenzie, is more than 200 years old and the sub was launched in 1805. With the stranded research crew aboard, it heads for its home port in the underwater Utopian city, Latitude Zero. A rival 200-year-old scientist, Dr. Malic, sends his Black Shark sub after them. When he fails to destroy it before it reaches Latitude Zero's protective shell, he designs a plan to lure McKenzie out again. He captures Dr. Okada, a Japanese scientist bound for their Latitude Zero, to bait his trap. McKenzie must penetrate Malic's base on Blood Rock to free him and his daughter. Malic has a host of human/ animal hybrids waiting to greet the intruders. Written by Garon Smith |
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| Taglines | Discover the incredible world of tomorrow... 15 miles straight down at LATITUDE ZERO See more » |
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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. See more » |
| 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. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993). See more » |
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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. See more » |