Japan, 1963
94m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishiro Honda.
Plot Summary
The lost continent of Mu reappears and threatens to attack the world. Only a former World War ll captain, who has created a super-submarine/warship, stands a chance of saving us.
Credits
Crew
Director: Ishiro Honda
Toho Co. Ltd.
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Line Producer: Shigeru Nakamura
Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa
Original Story: Shunko Oshikawa
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Lighting: Shoshichi Kojima
Editing: Ryôhei Fujii
Music: Akira Ifukube
Sound Recording: Masanao Uehara
Director of Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Production Designer: Takeo Rita
Cast
Tadao Takashima [photographer]
Yoko Fujiyama [Makoto Jinguchi]
Yû Fujiki [submarine captain]
Ken Uehara [real name: Kenji Sahara] [Retired Admiral Kosumi /journalist/Mu agent]
Hiroshi Koizumi [professor]
Jun Tazaki [Captain Jinguji]
Yoshifumi Tajima [Amano]
Akihiko Hirata [Mu Agent 23]
Hideyo Amamoto
Susumu Fujita [defense commander]
Minoru Takada
Hisaya Ito [kidnap victim]
Ikio Sawamura
Akemi Kita
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Shin Otomo
Haruyo Sakamoto
Tetsu Nakamura
Mitsuo Tsuda
Koji Uno
Alternative Titles
Agente 04 del imperio sumergido – Spain
Ataragon – Belgium (French), Canada (French), France
Atoragon, el supersubmarino atómico – Mexico
Atoragon: Flying Supersub
Atragon, oi supermen ton thalasson – Greece (re-release)
Atragon – Italy, Singapore (English), UK, USA
Flying Supersub Atoragon
Supermen enantion iptamenou ypovryhiou – Greece
U 2000 – Tauchfahrt des Grauens – West Germany
Undersea Battleship – World-wide
Άτραγκον, οι σούπερμεν των θαλασσών – Greece
Аторагон: Летающая суперсубмарина – USSR
海底軍艦 – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
City Under the Sea (1965)
See also
Gojira (1954)
Shin kaitei gunkan (1995)
References
Periodicals
- The Daily Cinema no.9407 (11 August 1967) p.6
- The Film Daily vol.126 no.35 (23 February 1965) p.13
- Le Film Francais no.1136 (18 March 1966) p.18
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.184 no.40 (17 March 1965) p.3
- Kine Weekly no.3123 (19 August 1967) p.14
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.34 no.404 (September 1967) p.141
- Variety 17 March 1965
