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The Golden Bat

Original title: Ôgon batto
  • 19661966
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
254
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POPULARITY
79,226
26,133
The Golden Bat (1966)
AdventureActionSci-Fi
When the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to he... Read allWhen the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.When the Earth is threatened by an evil alien, a group of UN scientists travel to the lost city of Atlantis where they unearth a superhuman mummy named The Golden Bat who is prophesied to help the humans survive this terrible attack.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
254
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
79,226
26,133
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    • Director
      • Hajime Satô
    • Writers
      • Takeo Nagamatsu
      • Ichiro Suzuki
      • Susumu Takaku(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Osamu Kobayashi(voice)
      • Wataru Yamagawa
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Hajime Satô
    • Writers
      • Takeo Nagamatsu
      • Ichiro Suzuki
      • Susumu Takaku(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Shin'ichi Chiba
      • Osamu Kobayashi(voice)
      • Wataru Yamagawa
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    • 4User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Dr. Yamatone
    • (as Sonny Chiba)
    Osamu Kobayashi
    • Ôgon Bat
    • (voice)
    Wataru Yamagawa
    • Akira Kazahaya
    Hisako Tsukuba
    • Naomi Akiyama
    Emily Takami
    • Emily Paird
    Andrew Hughes
    Andrew Hughes
    • Dr. Pearl
    Hirohisa Nakata
    • Shimizu
    Kôsaku Okano
    • Nakamura
    Kôji Sekiyama
    • Nazo
    Yôichi Numata
    • Keloid
    Keiichi Kitagawa
    • Jackal
    Keiko Kuni
    • Piranha
    Yukio Aoshima
    • Funny Policeman
    Akira Katayama
    • Dr. Amano at Astronomical Observatory
    • Director
      • Hajime Satô
    • Writers
      • Takeo Nagamatsu
      • Ichiro Suzuki
      • Susumu Takaku(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Also known as Ogon Bat, the Golden Bat is a Japanese superhero created by Suzuki Ichiro and Takeo Nagamatsu in 1931 who originally debuted in a kamishibai (paper theater). It is considered to be the world's first comic book superhero, and is a precursor to later superhero characters such as the Japanese kamishibai character Prince of Gamma (debut early 1930s), and the American comic book characters Superman (debut 1938) and Batman (debut 1939).
    • Connections
      Referenced in Otaku no video: Otaku No Video 1982 (1991)

    User reviews4

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    8/10
    You NEED to watch this!
    This is a film about a skeleton mummy vampire superhero, who fights a giant 4 eyed space mouse, that rides around in a drill that looks like a squid, and if that's not the most entertaining thing you've ever heard there is something wrong with you. This is the craziest super hero I have ever heard of and I love him. This film opens with a killer theme song and the golden bat character is really cool, he has this wicked cool laugh whenever he enters the scene and when he fight I love how he flails his cane around. This movie isn't perfect, whenever anyone jumps or flys the whole background goes with them, but I think its charming, and this may have been better suited for color instead of black and white, I would have loved to see golden bat actually the color gold, but the black and white doesn't hurt the film at all. This is on YouTube for free so you need to watch it right now, it's only an hour and 12 minutes or something like that so it's not like a big time investment. I need more of this character!!!
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    • harybobjoebob
    • Oct 20, 2020

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1966 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Золотой Нетопырь
    • Production company
      • Toei Tokyo
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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