Space Amoeba
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| Space Amoeba | |
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 Theatrical poster for Space Amoeba (1970) |
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| Directed by | Ishirō Honda |
| Produced by | Fumio Tanaka Tomoyuki Tanaka Samuel Z. Arkoff (US release) Salvatore Billitteri (US release) |
| Written by | Ei Ogawa |
| Starring | Akira Kubo Atsuko Takahashi Yukiko Kobayashi Kenji Sahara Yoshio Tsuchiya Yu Fujiki Noritake Saito Yûko Sugihara Sachio Sakai |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Taiichi Kankura |
| Editing by | Masahisa Himi Eli Haviv (US version) |
| Distributed by | Toho American International Pictures (AIP)(USA, 1971) |
| Release date(s) | August 1, 1970 (Japan) August 4, 1971 (USA) |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| Language | Japanese English |
| Followed by | Godzilla: Tokyo SOS |
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Space Amoeba or Yog--Monster from Space, released in Japan as Gezora Ganime Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijū (ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦！ 南海の大怪獣 Gezora Ganime Kamēba Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijū?, lit. "Gezora Ganime Kameba: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas"), is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1970. This was one of director Ishirō Honda's last kaiju movies, and the first such movie made after the death of special-effects director Eiji Tsuburaya. Teruyoshi Nakano did the special effects for this film.
While some fans deride the film as a last gasp of the kaiju eiga genre, others appreciate the fact that the monsters have been scaled down ("only" 50-75 feet tall), making their interactions with human characters more compelling.
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[edit] Plot
An alien life form bent on world domination takes control of a gigantic cuttlefish (Gezora), turtle (Kameba), and crab (Ganimes) on a tropical island (called Selzio Island).
[edit] Versions
- Toho Co. Ltd.: Japanese (84 min.; original version)
- Toho International: English (84 min.; International dub; released to DVD in America by Media Blasters)
- American International Pictures: English (84 min.; alternate dub; released in American theaters)
[edit] See also
- Kameba
- Gezora
- Ganimes
- The Immunity Syndrome (TOS episode) (Star Trek episode about a giant space amoeba)
[edit] External links
- Guinn, Troy. (2006). Space Amoeba (DVD review) at eccentric-cinema.com
- Romero, Anthony. Review: Space Amoeba (1970) at tohokingdom.com
- KFC Cinema Review
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