The War of the Gargantuas
1966
A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!
Directed by Ishirō Honda
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Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Written by
- Ishirō Honda, Takeshi Kimura, Reuben Bercovitch
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Cinematographer
- Hajime Koizumi
- Editor
- Ryôhei Fujii
- Origin country
- Japan
- Production countries
- Japan, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Language
- ja
- Rating
- G
- Also known as
- The Two Frankensteins
- TMDB
- 6.4/10 (105 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.2/10 (3,673 votes)
Cast
Kenji Sahara
Dr. Yuzo Mamiya
Kumi Mizuno
Akemi Togawa
Russ Tamblyn
Dr. Paul Stewart
Jun Tazaki
General Hashimoto
Kipp Hamilton
Singer
Yoshibumi Tajima
Officer Hirai
Nobuo Nakamura
Professor Kita
Hisaya Ito
Chief Izumida
Nadao Kirino
Lt. Col. Kazama
Ren Yamamoto
Saburo Kameda
Kōzō Nomura
General's Aide
Shōichi Hirose
Soldier
Tadashi Okabe
Defiant Reporter
Hideo Shibuya
Skeptical Reporter
Ikio Sawamura
Fisherman #1
Seishirō Kuno
Fisherman #2
Someshō Matsumoto
Official
Gorō Mutsumi
Dr. Paul Stewart (voice)
Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Reuben Bercovitch
Story
Mary Shelley
Characters
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Henry G. Saperstein
Executive Producer
Kenichiro Tsunoda
Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
