Japan, 1968
89m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 2.55:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirô Honda. It is the the eleventh film in the original “Showa” Godzilla series.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Ishirô Honda
Toho Company
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by: Ishirô Honda, Kaoru Mabuchi [real name: Takeshi Kimura.[/mfn]
Director of Photography: Taiichi Kankura
Editor: Ryôhei Fujii
Music by: Akira Ifukube
Sound Recordist: Shoichi Yoshizawa
Director of Special Effects: Sademasa Arikawa
Production Designer: Takeo Kita
Cast
Akira Kubo (SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe)
Jun Tazaki (Dr Yoshido)
Yukiko Kobayashi (Kyoko Manabe)
Yoshio Tsuchiya (Dr Otani)
Kyôko Ai (Kilaak Queen)
Andrew Hughes (Dr Stevenson)
Chôtarô Tôgin (Ogata)
Yoshifumi Tajima (general)
Kenji Sahara (Commander Nishikawa)
Hisaya Itô (Major Tada)
Yoshio Katsuda (young scientist)
Henry Okawa [real name: Heihachirô Ôkawa.[/mfn] (engineer)
Ikio Sawamura (old farmer)
Yutaka Sada (police officer)
Hiroshi Okada (doctor at hospital)
Hideo Shibuya (1st reporter)
Nadao Kirino (1st detective)
Yutaka Oka (2nd detective)
Kamayuki Tsubono (3rd detective)
Seishirô Kuno (SY-3 engineer)
Alternative Titles
All Monsters Attack
Attack of the Marching Monsters
Canavarlarin sonu – Turkish title
O Despertar dos Monstros – Brazilian title
Destroy All Monsters – English language title
Eisvoleis apo to diastima – Greek title
Les Envahisseurs attaquent – French title
Les Envahisseurs de l'espace – Belgian title
Gli eredi di King Kong – Italian title
Exontoste ta terata – Greek video title
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All – West German title
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem Weltall – West German title
Godzilla – Monster aus dem All – German DVD title
Godzilla und die Monster aus dem All – West German title
Gojira dengeki daisakusen – re-release title
Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa – Finnish title
Invasión extraterrestre – Spanish title
The March of the Monsters
Monster Attack March
Operation Monsterland – UK title
Pusztítsd el az összes szörnyet! – Hungarian title
Super Kong enantion ton teraton – Greek title
Zniszczyc wszystkie potwory – Polish title
Links
Sequel to
Gojira (1954)
Gojira no gyakushu (1955)
Sora no daikaiju Radon (1956)
Mosura (1961)
Kingu Kongu tai Gojira (1962)
Mosura tai Gojira (1964)
San daikaiju: Chikyu saidai no kessen (1964)
Kaiju daisenso (1965)
Gojira, Ebira, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto (1966)
Kaijuto no kessen: Gojira no musuko (1967)
Sequels
Gojira-Minira-Gabara: Oru kaiju daishingeki (1969)
Gojira tai Hedora (1971)
Chikyu kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan (1972)
Gojira tai Megaro (1973)
Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)
Mekagojira no gyakushu (1975)
Press
1969
Today's Cinema no.9746 (7 November 1969)
“A Christmas stocking packed with toys of all kinds: monsters, moon rockets, dishy (Japanese) dollies from Outer Space; and lots of noisy fireworks. A useful follow-up wherever its predecessors have gone well.” – from a review by Marjorie Bilbow
References
Books
American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig p.120
American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson p.173 – credits, synopsis, review
Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.273-273 (illustrated on 272 with a still from The Green Slime)
A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series by David Kalat pp.96-100 – chapter, credits
Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee pp.307
Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.101-102
Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films by Stuart Galbraith IV pp.161-164; 341 – review; credits
Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of “The Big G” by Steve Ryfle pp.145-153 – chapter; credits
Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda by Peter H. Brothers pp.328-337; 413 – chapter; credits
Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.74
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.95 – credits
Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.139-140
World Filmography 1968 by Peter Cowie (ed.) p.384-385
