Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)

Director:

Ishirô Honda

Writers:

Ishirô Honda (writer)
Takeshi Kimura (writer)

Release Date:

23 May 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Monsters of mass destruction.

Plot:

Aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race.

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Alien | Island | Godzilla | Rodan

Cast

Akira Kubo	...	SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe
Jun Tazaki	...	Dr. Yoshido
Yukiko Kobayashi	...	Kyoko Yamabe
Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Dr. Otani
Kyôko Ai	...	Kilaak Queen
Andrew Hughes	...	Dr. Stevenson
Chôtarô Tôgin	...	Ogata
Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Major Tada
Kenji Sahara	...	Commander Nishikawa
Hisaya Ito	...	Enraged Soldier
Yoshio Katsuda	...	Young Scientist
Heihachirô Ôkawa	...	Engineer (as Henry Okawa)
Koji Uno	...	Skeptical Reporter
Ikio Sawamura	...	Old Farmer
Yutaka Sada	...	Police Officer

Also Known As:

All Monsters Attack
Attack of the Marching Monsters
Destroy All Monsters (USA)
Gojira dengeki daisakusen (Japan) (reissue title)
Monster Attack March
Monster Invasion (literal English title)
Operation Monsterland (UK)
The March of the Monsters
Eisvoleis apo to diastima (Greece) [el]
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All (West Germany) [de]
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem Weltall (West Germany) [de]
Gli eredi di King Kong (Italy) [it]
Godzilla - Die Monster aus dem All (West Germany) (TV title) [de]
Godzilla und die Monster aus dem All (West Germany) [de]
Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa (Finland) [fi]
Invasión extraterrestre (Spain) [es]
Les envahisseurs attaquent (France) [fr]
Les envahisseurs de l'espace (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Super Kong enantion ton teraton (Greece) (reissue title) [el]

Runtime:

Germany:89 min | USA:88 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:G | West Germany:12 (nf)

Company:

Toho Company

Trivia:

This was originally intended to be the final film of the "Godzilla" series. Toho changed their minds after seeing how successful this film was.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When the reporter announces that Baragon is attacking Paris, it is actually Gorosaurus. The Baragon suit was loaned out to Tsubaraya Productions for use on one of their television series and wasn't returned in time for filming.

Quotes:

News Reader: The major cities of the world are being destroyed, one-by-one by the monsters: Moscow by Rodan, Peking by Mothra, London by Manda, Paris by Baragon. And, here's a special news bulletin. Godzilla is now in New York City. The city is being invaded by Godzilla!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Shadow (#5.8)" (2000)

Kick ass monster movie

Any movie with 11 monsters is an instant bad ass. I did not see all of this film but it was incredible.

Though it took a while to get to monster action with Godzilla, Manda, Rodan and mothra all invading New York at once, it was an exciting film. Though the narrating sucked and the acting wasn't so great, it was good.

It definitely made the military look like idiots in the first monster scene when they are firing machine guns and missiles at the four monsters in New York. This movie should not be rated G, but pg-13 for monster violence. I advise you to see this film A.S.A.P.