THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
1966

As Japanese monster movies go, this ones a classic. In the same vein and from the same stable as the Godzilla movies. In the Japanese version, we learn that this movie is actually a sequel to "Frankenstein Conquers The World" since the monsters are referred to as "Frankensteins" rather than "Gargantuas" as they are in this dubbed version. US producer Henry G. Saperstein had planned to make a sequelcalled Godzilla vs. the Gargantuas.

PLOT:
An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.

CAST:
Russ Tamblyn ... Dr. Paul Stewart
Kumi Mizuno ... Akemi
Kenji Sahara ... Dr. Yuzo Majida
Nobuo Nakamura ... Dr. Kita
Jun Tazaki ... General
Hisaya Itô ... Police Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima ... Police Officer
Ren Yamamoto ... Sailor
Kipp Hamilton ... Singer
Kôzô Nomura ... General's Aide
Nadao Kirino ... Soldier
Shôichi Hirose ... Soldier
Tadashi Okabe ... Defiant Reporter
Kôji Uno ... Dumb Reporter
Ikio Sawamura ... Fisherman #1
Seishirô Kuno ... Fisherman #2
Senshô Matsumoto ... Official
Goro Mutsumi ... Dr. Paul Stewart (voice)
Haruo Nakajima ... Gaira
Yû Sekida ... Sanda

Directed by Ishirô Honda

RUNNING TIME: 90 MIN