When all is said and done, space amoeba is a monster film, so naturally a lot of importance should be given to the special effects, but teisho arikawa seems to do more wrong than right here. Since ishiro honda had gone into retirement after space amoeba, to direct the film toho selected jun fukuda 19232000, a specialist in action and comedy films who had helmed two godzilla outings, godzilla vs. Jul 28, 2016 watch space amoeba online 1080p space amoeba is one of best movie released on 1 august 1970 starring akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, kenji sahara, yoshio tsuchiya. Cited in the commentary track for the space amoeba dvd. Gorath, yosei gorasu, ominous star gorath is a japanese science fiction film directed by ishiro honda. High resolution japanese movie poster image for space amoeba 1970. Honda was a long time friend of director akira kurosawa and worked on several of kurosawas films including kagemusha 1980, ran 1985, and dreams 1990. Space amoeba 1970 scifi adventure movie on dvd english dubbed. The film was first released in the united states as yog. The war in space the war in space, wakusei daisenso.
Alien spore creatures hitch a ride on an unmanned space probe and head for earth. It is the sixth film in the godzilla franchise and showa period. Because the crash of the japanese film industry was just beginning, the budget was still higher than most of the later films in the 1970s, meaning that nakano actually had. The soundtrack of space amoeba was released in 1997, with music by akira ifukube. The monsters kaijuified versions of a cuttlefish, crab, and turtle all get a fair amount of screen time. Space amoeba 1970 inoshiro honda french lobbycards. I had not seen this movie in literally decades, but it was well worth the wait.
Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle and transform them into colossal mutant monsters. Were then treated to a marvellous launch sequence, all done with huge models, obviously. The image measures 2043 2909 pixels and is 1492 kilobytes large. The creature shared many qualities similar to a single cell organism but was a vast creature that lived in the vacuum of space. Watch space amoeba online 1080p space amoeba is one of best movie released on 1 august 1970 starring akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, kenji sahara, yoshio tsuchiya. After this 1970 entry, the rest of their giant monster films were godzilla pictures. Obata takes the raft out to sea, against the warnings of kudo and chums, only to be immediately capsized by space amoebas new host, ganimes. Space amoeba proves that a competent story can still carry a kaiju film at the end of the 1960s, even without godzilla at the fore. The giant monster war 1 is a 1965 kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, with special effects by eiji tsuburaya. The war in space, released in japan as great planet war.
Space amoeba is arguably the last of the classic toho giant monster movies. Covering a multitude of token roles are akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, kenji sahara, and yoshio tsuchiya. Destroy all monsters 1968, son of godzilla 1967, king kong escapes 1967, invasion of astromonster 1965, war of the monsters 1966. Contentsshow tracks main title launching of the helios the helios heads into outer space the helios in crisis return of the helios the appearance of gezora background music on board strange lights in the cave gezora attacks the prayer of selgio island undersea probe i. Space amoeba is the last nongodzilla film to be directed by ishiro honda and scored by akira ifukube.
Battle in outer space 1959 mothra 1961 gorath 1962 matango 1963 atragon 1963 dogora 1964 frankenstein conquers the world 1965 the war of the gargantuas 1966 king kong escapes 1967 latitude zero 1969 space amoeba 1970 the war in space 1977 gunhed 1989 orochi, the eightheaded dragon 1994 rebirth of mothra 1996. In his th film, godzilla takes a supporting role to the far more prominently featured jet jaguar, an ultraman like robot. Watch space amoeba 1970 dub comparison thehman on dailymotion. Space amoeba 1970 scifi adventure movie on dvd english. Gallery of 12 movie poster and cover images for space amoeba 1970. The film was extensively edited for its american release. Benefiting from solid performances and a serious, campfree atmosphere, space amoeba adds an air of credibility to the bizarre premise on which it operates.
When a space probe crashlands on a farflung pacific atoll, the crafts alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Space amoeba memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be. Space amoeba is a strange film in the toho daikaiju universe. Space amoeba is the last nongodzilla film to be directed by ishiro honda and. The film was distributed by american international pictures with an englishlanguage dub and had a running time of 81 minutes. Space amoeba, is a 1970 japanese kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, written by ei ogawa, and produced by tomoyuki tanaka and fumio tanaka, with special effects by sadamasa arikawa. Toho films dubbed by axis international and omni productions. The engaging cinematography and kenji saharas performance as obata are two of the best things. Space amoeba is the last nongodzilla film to be directed by yoshiro honda and scored by akira ifukube. The film was directed by ishiro honda, with music by akira ifukube, and special effects by teruyoshi nakano. The space amoeba was a large cosmozoan lifeform of unknown origin. Megalon, terror of mechagodzilla and the 90s godzilla films have all had their dubs released in the u.
Space ship brings back space aliens who use giant monsters in an attempt to take. Produced and distributed by toho studios, the film stars akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, kenji sahara, yoshio tsuchiya, and yu fujiki, with haruo nakajima portraying both. When commenting, please remain respectful of other users, stay on topic, and. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle and transform them into colossal.
A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote pacific atoll. Yog, monster from space 1971 restored theatrical trailer 720p kaiju no kami. Ganimes and a snapping turtle kamoebas space amoeba is the last nongodzilla film to be directed by yoshiro honda and scored by akira ifukube. It was released to japanese theaters on august 1, 1970 this was director ishiro hondas last monster movie. A list of science fiction films released in the 1970s. Use space amoeba 1970 main title and thousands of other assets to build an immersive game or experience. Space amoeba 1970 by fragilite et craquement ep, harsh. Ganimes, in the film, is said to have been a rubble crab before being latched onto by the space amoeba, but i doubt it. Giant monsters of the south seas, is a 1970 japanese kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, written by ei ogawa, and produced by tomoyuki tanaka and fumio tanaka, with special effects by sadamasa arikawa. Space amoeba 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Space amoeba 1970 letterboxd social film discovery. Za uo in supesu, is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by toho studios in 1977.
But what is the reward for the combat oriented way. This script was considerably more ambitious than the finished product. The space amoeba 1970 ishiro honda, akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, adventure, scifi september 14, 2016 when a space probe crashlands on a farflung pacific atoll, the crafts alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Space amoeba is a 1970 japanese kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, written by ei ogawa. Japan and the rest of the world are again in grave danger after an evil amoeba like alien emerges from a spaceship crash and turns an octopus, a crab, and a turtle into gigantic citysquishing. Space amoebas storyline stellaris general discussions. Space amoeba image gallery wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. For one thing, its an orphan in that the monsters who occupy a good portion of the film never return in later films or interact with the existing slate of toho monsters. Jun 12, 2011 matango, dogora, atragon, space amoeba, godzilla vs. Released 26 may 2017 on wall noise action catalog no. Space amoeba media blasters tokyo shock 1970 color 2. Giant monsters of the south seas, is a 1970 japanese kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, written by ei ogawa, and produced by tomoyuki tanaka and fumio tanaka, with special effects by sadamasa. One of the first i saw as a child of six in the theaters that wasnt godzilla and made in the sixties, ifukebes music brings a feeling of dread and downplays the usual bombastic sound were used to hearing in the godzilla films, the visual efx are worthy of the late eiji tsuburaya. The film was released theatrically in the united states as yogmonster from space in 1971.
This fact is mentioned on the commentary track for the space amoeba dvd. The giant monster war is a 1965 kaiju film directed by ishiro honda, with special effects by eiji tsuburaya. The movie was the last feature film completed by tohos special effects department, which was closed down afterwards on march 1st, 1970. Space amoeba 1970 wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. Space amoeba 1970 posted on september 24, 2019 by kaijuvision radio its the last toho classic kaiju movie, and theres so much to like. Hideous creatures from outer space advance to invade the earth when a space probe crashlands on a farflung. The film was the last to combine the artistic talents of director ishiro honda, producer tomoyuki tanaka with a musical score by akira ifukubie until they teamed up again for one final monster bash in 1975s terror of mechagodzila.
The film was originally meant to be shot on location in guam, but this was changed to hachigo island because guam was too expensive. In fact, there are a couple of cringe worthy moments, such as shots of gezoras tentacles that rapidly change in size as the different shots are edited. Space amoeba is mostly a rehash of elements weve seen before at toho. Is mankind finished, or will there be calamary, crab cakes, and turtle soup for everyone.
It had 40 chromosomes the uss enterprise encountered the space amoeba in 2268 while en route to starbase 6, after diverting to investigate the destruction of an inhabited planet in the gamma 7a system and the allvulcan. Film space amoebatriviaspace amoebaymmvspace amoebaif you meant one of those, just click and go. A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote pacific. Space amoeba, also known in the united states as yog, monster from space, is a 1970 kaiju film produced by toho. After mothra and outside of future godzilla films, the team would work on dogora 1964, atragon 1963, and space amoeba 1970 among others. Giant monsters of the south seas is a 1970 tokusatsu kaiju film produced and released by toho. Space amoeba april 25 two days until the hootenany celebrates its 10th anniversary of bringing a live music party to main street htown in support of middle school music. Amoeba is a malayalam film, the second directorial of manoj kana after his critically acclaimed chayilyam. Space amoeba 1970 japanese version internet archive. The special effects were handled by teruyoshi nakano. The amoeba was able also able to reproduce through the use of cell division. Monster from space street date february 21, 2006 19. List of science fiction films of the 1970s wikipedia.
Space amoeba, gezora ganime kameba kessen nankai no daikaiju, lit. This is a multiregion region 0all dvd, and should play on most dvd players in the world. King ghidorah 1991 were screened there around a month before their usual general release date earlymid december, but were still busy finishing up postproduction ie. We dont have an article named main spaceamoeba, exactly. Space amoeba was released in japan on 1 august 1970 where it was distributed by toho. Space amoeba fun this was a thoroughly enjoyable trip back to my childhood. It was released to japanese theaters on august 1, 1970. Yog monster from space aka space amoeba vhs, 1970 rare japanese scifi horror. Select from a wide range of models, decals, meshes, plugins, or audio that help bring your imagination into reality. Shot on location in guam, the film uses many of the actors featured in destroy all monsters. With akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, yukiko kobayashi, kenji sahara.
The space amoeba of the title was a decent villain, taking over any lifeforms it could come into contact with and mutating some the aforementioned. The space amoeba was a large, spacedwelling, singlecelled organism of unknown origin, surrounded by a field of negative energy. On april 1st, 1970, tomoyuki tanaka created toho eizo toho vizion, the companys visual. Is mankind finished, or will there be calamary, crab cakes, and turtle soup for. Fuji into space on a ninemonth journey to investigate the planet saturn. When all is said and done, space amoeba is a monster film. Space amoeba 1970 dub comparison video dailymotion. One of ishiro hondas last kaiju films, space amoeba feels like a very tired effort. Space amoeba did average box office business and the following year saw a us release release from aip as yog. Space amoeba was essentially the last fresh giant monster film from tohos showa era.
We print directly onto our discs and use high quality production materials. There are many toho studio monster movies that dont star godzilla. This film should nevertheless be noted for introducing kamoebas, known for his appearance in godzilla. Space amoebayog, monster from space internet archive. Review by door man this is a later honda scifi movie that i feel like were watching something where honda is definitely past his prime but hes got some tricks up his sleeve still. Ganimes looks far more like a hermitcrab type animal, like the coconut crab. Heres the original japanese version of space amoeba, aka yog. Aliens take control of earths monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race. Monster from space, this film is a classic japanese. Space amoeba yog the space monster dvd 1970 dvd empire.
Early in 1979, japans most famed rocketship, the jx1 hawk, with its crew of 30, is launched from the interstellar exploration agencys rocket launch site at mt. An early title for the film was the great monster attack. Akira kubo, atsuko takahashi, kenji sahara, yoshio tsuchiya. Space amoeba 1970, an ep by fragilite et craquement. Based on an idea by jojiro okami, the film is a story of mankinds efforts to move earth out of its orbit to avoid it from colliding with a runaway star. The space amoeba 1970 ishiro honda, akira kubo, atsuko. Alien life forms have come to conquer the planet and use a human vessel.
Alien space creatures hitch a ride on an unmanned space probe and head for earth. It was released to japanese theaters on august 1, 1970 this was director ishiro hondas last monster movie before. A group of humans on sergio island learned that the amoeba s weakness was the sonar given off by bats, and so unleashed a large swarm. I wish i could tell you it was a grand swan song for the father of daikaiju, but space amoeba made for a pretty weak effort on his part. 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. Menon, athmiya, anumol, indrans and anoop chandran in. The probe returns to earth and crashes into the south pacific amoeba leaves the device and inhabits the body of a cuttlefish causing it to mutate called gezora and stone crab name ganimes rock turtle named kamoebas a photographer named kudo and his entourage land on selga island for a photoshoot kudo and his friends discover it to be. Space amoeba seems to get its english name in part from the bloblike nature of the intelligence from beyond jupiter, and in part from a misunderstanding of the name kameba which in the media blasters dvds subtitles is spelled kamoeba. This may be conjecture, but i get the distinct feeling that with the departure and passing of special effects guru, eiji tsurubaya, that honda just didnt have his heart in this one. It was released to japanese theaters on august 1, 1970 this was director ishiro hondas last monster movie before he began. It was surrounded by a field of negative energy which was toxic to humanoid life. Dec 14, 2014 use space amoeba 1970 main title and thousands of other assets to build an immersive game or experience.