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Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
奇巌城の冒険
other title: Le avventure di Takla Tan / Les Aventures de Takla Makan
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.
The Last War (1961) [Movie] IMDb
世界大戦争
director: Shūe Matsubayashi actor: Frankie Sakai / Akira Takarada
other title: Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall / La Derniere Guerre de l'Apocalypse
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Destroy All Monsters (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
怪獣総進撃
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Jun Tazaki
other title: Gli eredi di King Kong / Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.
Matango (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
マタンゴ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Kumi Mizuno
other title: Matango il mostro / マタンゴ
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
The H-Man (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美女と液体人間
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akihiko Hirata / Kenji Sahara
other title: Uomini H / Das Grauen schleicht durch Tokio
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.
King Kong Escapes (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
キングコングの逆襲
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Mie Hama
other title: King Kong - Il gigante della foresta / King-Kong, Frankensteins Sohn
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Rodan (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
空の大怪獸 ラドン
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa
other title: Rodan il mostro alato / Rodan, o Monstro do Espaço
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
The Mysterians (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
地球防衛軍
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa
other title: I misteriani / Os Bárbaros Invadem a Terra
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten
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.
Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
ゴジラ対ヘドラ
director: Yoshimitsu Banno actor: Akira Yamanouchi / Hiroyuki Kawase
other title: Godzilla - Furia di mostri / Gojira tai Hedora
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
The Human Vapor (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ガス人間第一号
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Yoshio Tsuchiya / Kaoru Yachigusa
other title: Una nube di terrore / ガス人間第一号
A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes on to rob banks to fund his dancer girlfriend's career, killing those who interfere. Now Tokyo's most wanted criminal, can authorities stop him?
Samurai Pirate (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
大盗賊
other title: Der Löwe des gelben Meeres / Le Défi des géants
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the throne and marrying the king's beautiful daughter. Along the way, with the help of some courageous rebels and a lustful wizard, he must overcome the powers of a bewitching witch, a band of ruthless pirates, and the castle's Imperial guards. He must also free those kidnapped into slavery and restore the king's reputation.
Gorath (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
妖星ゴラス
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Ryō Ikebe / Yumi Shirakawa
other title: Ufos zerstören die Erde / Le Choc des planètes
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is enough to destroy the planet totally. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after the ship is drawn into the star, with a later mission barely escaping the same fate. However, Astronaut Tatsuma Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. Unable to destroy the invading star, Earth's scientists undertake a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move the planet out of Gorath's path before it is too late.