Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû

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Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû (1970)

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

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 ... Read allA 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.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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This was the first giant monster film produced after the death of Toho's special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya, who passed away in January 1970. The effects were directed by Sadamasa Arikawa who, having been promoted to Director of Special Technique, had already handled most of the special effects since Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966) with Teriyoshi Nakano as his chief assistant. Both Arikawa and director Ishirô Honda wanted to include a dedication to Tsuburaya in the film but Toho refused. Arikawa was so disgusted by this that he vowed to never work for Toho again. Director Honda likewise decided to retire from filmmaking due to his disappointment with the direction Toho took their special effects films and the dissatisfaction of working for them.

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.

Alternate versions
American International's television release version replaces the original score during the end credits with another section of Akira Ifukube's score that was used during the shipboard sequence.

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Edited into Faces of Horror (1989)

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"Life On Earth Is So Boring Sometimes!"...

In Director Ishiro Honda's SPACE AMOEBA, those pesky space aliens are once again stirring up trouble by using giant monsters against us. This time, a giant squid creeps onto an island, waving its tentacles of doom. There's also a big crab and a titanic turtle.

So, it's calamary, crab cakes, and turtle soup tonight!

The subplot has the puny humans attempting to turn the island into a resort. Aliens hate resorts!

This isn't a bad effort from Mr. Honda, though one shouldn't expect non-stop monster fighting action. It's pretty low-key on that score...

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