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The War of the Gargantuas (1970)

Movie"A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!"
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G 1 hr 28 minJul 29th, 1970Horror, Science Fiction, ActionFrankenstein (Toho) Collection PosterPart of Frankenstein (Toho) Collection
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Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
StarringKenji SaharaKumi MizunoRuss Tamblyn
DirectorIshirō Honda

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 29th, 1970
On DVD & Blu-ray:September 9th, 2008 - Buy DVD
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kenichiro Tsunoda, Henry G. Saperstein, Reuben Bercovitch
Production Companies:TOHO, Benedict Pictures Corp., United Productions of America, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc., Tokyo Laboratory
Movie Tags:
sequelmonstertokusatsukaijugiant monsterairportoctopusman eating monster

Frankenstein (Toho) Collection

During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle. 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.