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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) r tamlyn m mizuno k sahara 6.0 gaira, sanda, frankenstein, self defense force, offsprings, giant octopus
(フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ Furankenshutain no Kaijū Sanda tai Gaira, lit. Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gaira)
is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju film co-produced by Toho and Benedict Productions.
A loose sequel to Frankenstein vs. Baragon, it was released to Japanese theaters on July 31, 1966.
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.
Following a shipwreck, the lone surviving crew member blames the accident on Frankenstein. Other disasters soon follow, much to the confusion of Frankenstein's former caregivers Paul Stewart, Akemi Togawa, and Yuzo Mamiya, who recalled the creature being friendly and never aggressive toward humans. When the JSDF deploys its newly-developed Type 66 Maser Cannons to destroy the rampaging green giant, a second brown giant arrives to rescue him. Stewart realizes that the savage green Gargantua, named Gaira, must have regenerated from severed tissue left behind by the brown Gargantua they raised, named Sanda. Sanda soon learns of his brother's habit of eating humans and attacks him, triggering a battle to the death between the brothers in Tokyo. Akemi pleads to save Sanda from the JSDF while Sanda tries fruitlessly to end his brother's rampage non-violently.
Genre: Action Horror Science Fiction
Release: 1966-07-29
Director: Ishirô Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Country: Japan
Release: 1966-07-29
Director: Ishirô Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Country: Japan
Mdb Rating: 6.4
Duration: 88 min
Actors: Tadashi Okabe, Yoshifumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara, Nobuo Nakamura, Yutaka Oka, Yû Fujiki, Seishirô Kuno, Russ Tamblyn, Yû Sekita, Yoshio Katsube, Jun Tazaki
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Russ Tamblyn, Gargantuas, Gaila, Sanda, Frankenstein, Kaiju, Giant Monsters, Self Defense Force, Mutations, Offsprings, Mass Destruction, Night Clubs, Singers, Japan, Cannibalism, Octopus, Octopi, Japan Alps
Language
English
Haruo Nakajima (who played Godzilla from 1954 - 1972) to this day declares that Gaila, the Green Gargantua, was his GREATEST role. This sequel to FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (although the Frankenstein element is dropped from the English version) begins with a gargantuan creature attacking ships and eating human beings. The authorities quickly believe that this creature was the same one that escaped from the research laboratory headed by Dr. Paul Stewart. His colleagues, Akemi and Majida, disagree with the authorities. The scientists declared that the gargantua they had was gentle. The Self Defense Force wastes no time in tracking down the horrendous beast and almost succeed in killing it... until ANOTHER GARGANTUA comes to its aid. Now the world is faced with two Gargantuas!!! Is there a way to stop these giant Frankenstein monsters?
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Haruo Nakajima (who played Godzilla from 1954 - 1972) to this day declares that Gaila, the Green Gargantua, was his GREATEST role. This sequel to FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (although the Frankenstein element is dropped from the English version) begins with a gargantuan creature attacking ships and eating human beings. The authorities quickly believe that this creature was the same one that escaped from the research laboratory headed by Dr. Paul Stewart. His colleagues, Akemi and Majida, disagree with the authorities. The scientists declared that the gargantua they had was gentle. The Self Defense Force wastes no time in tracking down the horrendous beast and almost succeed in killing it... until ANOTHER GARGANTUA comes to its aid. Now the world is faced with two Gargantuas!!! Is there a way to stop these giant Frankenstein monsters?
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The War of the Gargantuas was released in the United States by Maron Films in 1970 as part of a double feature with Monster Zero. Glen Glenn Sound dubbed both films. All mentions of "Frankenstein" were removed, and Sanda and Gaira were simply referred to as the "Brown Gargantua" and the "Green Gargantua," respectively. The U.S. version contains nearly 10 minutes of alternate and extended footage filmed at Toho in agreement with UPA and Henry G. Saperstein, some of which serves to establish Russ Tamblyn's character earlier in the film's story. The film's music score was altered significantly, with all pieces containing Akira Ifukube's "Operation L" leitmotif replaced with a library track by American composer Philip Green entitled "Terror Hunt," or other pieces from the film. In addition, cues from Monster Zero were also supplemented.
Toho also commissioned an international English export dub for the film, recorded in Hong Kong. It remained obscure for decades, with its only known release being a Greek VHS, until Janus Films made it available to stream via STARZ and FilmStruck in 2017. The Greek VHS includes the English visuals created for the export dub, while the STARZ/FilmStruck stream synchronizes the English audio to the Japanese version of the film. While FilmStruck closed in 2018, it remains available on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.
Toho also commissioned an international English export dub for the film, recorded in Hong Kong. It remained obscure for decades, with its only known release being a Greek VHS, until Janus Films made it available to stream via STARZ and FilmStruck in 2017. The Greek VHS includes the English visuals created for the export dub, while the STARZ/FilmStruck stream synchronizes the English audio to the Japanese version of the film. While FilmStruck closed in 2018, it remains available on HBO Max and The Criterion Channel.
Directed by Ishiro Honda
Written by Reuben Bercovitch, Kaoru Mabuchi, Ishiro Honda
Based on characters created by Mary Shelley
Produced by Reuben Bercovitch, Henry Saperstein, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kenichiro Tsunoda
Music by Akira Ifukube
"Feel in My Heart" performed by Kipp Hamilton
Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
Edited by Ryohei Fujii
Production design by Takeo Kita
1st assistant director Koji Kajita
Director of special effects Eiji Tsuburaya
1st assistant director of special effects Teruyoshi Nakano
Written by Reuben Bercovitch, Kaoru Mabuchi, Ishiro Honda
Based on characters created by Mary Shelley
Produced by Reuben Bercovitch, Henry Saperstein, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Kenichiro Tsunoda
Music by Akira Ifukube
"Feel in My Heart" performed by Kipp Hamilton
Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
Edited by Ryohei Fujii
Production design by Takeo Kita
1st assistant director Koji Kajita
Director of special effects Eiji Tsuburaya
1st assistant director of special effects Teruyoshi Nakano
Cast
Kenji Sahara as Dr. Yuzo Mamiya
Kumi Mizuno as Akemi Togawa
Russ Tamblyn as Dr. Paul Stewart (Japanese voice actor: Goro Mutsumi)
Jun Tazaki as Major General Hashimoto
Kipp Hamilton as club singer
Yoshibumi Tajima as Hirai
Nobuo Nakamura as Professor Kita
Hisaya Ito as Chief Izumida
Nadao Kirino as Lt. Col. Kazama
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as JSDF officer
Henry Okawa as doctor
Shoichi Hirose as mountain guide
Kozo Nomura as JSDF staff officer
Ikio Sawamura as elderly fisherman
Ren Yamamoto as Saburo Kameda, Kaijin Maru No. 3 helmsman
Noriaki Inoue as young mountaineer
Yasuhiko Saijo as convertible driver
Haruya Sakamoto as JSDF officer
Mitsuo Tsuda as JSDF officer
Wataru Omae as air traffic controller
Kyoko Mori as nurse
Hiroko Minami as convertible passenger
Tadashi Okabe as reporter
Yoshio Katsube as reporter
Minoru Ito as reporter
Shiro Tsuchiya as Ground Chief of Staff
Takuzo Kumagai as Joint Staff Council Chairman
Toku Ihara as diver
Kuniyoshi Kashima as JSDF officer
Masaaki Tachibana as reporter
Hideo Shibuya as reporter
Yutaka Oka as reporter
Bin Furuya as coast guard
Seishiro Kuno as fisherman
Haruo Nakajima as Gaira
Hiroshi Sekita as Sanda
Yasuhiro Komiya as adolescent Sanda (Japanese voice actor: Kasei Kinoshita)
International English Dub
Nick Kendall as Major General Hashimoto
Barry Haigh as Chief Izumida / JSDF officer / reporter
Warren Rooke as Lt. Col. Kazama / reporter
Glen Glenn Sound Company English Dub
Jim Boles as Major General Hashimoto / JSDF officer
Monsters
Gaira
Sanda
Giant Octopus
Weapons, vehicles, and races
Gaira
Sanda
Giant Octopus
Weapons, vehicles, and races
Type 61 Tank
M4A3E8 Sherman Tank
Type 66 Maser Cannon
Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
Trip Wire Cannons
Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw
Trip Wire Cannons
Trivia
*During the film, several ambiguous references are made to the film Frankenstein vs. Baragon, but the only direct link between the films is the term "Frankenstein," which appears in the Japanese title and is used to refer to the Gargantuas ("Frankensteins") in the original Japanese dialogue. Allusions and flashbacks to the events of the previous film seem to recast and rename the main characters and move their laboratory from Hiroshima to Kyoto, while inserting Sanda into Frankenstein's role. Due to dialogue referring to the monsters as "Frankensteins," Russ Tamblyn had to re-dub his dialogue for the U.S. version of the film, which removed all references to Frankenstein.
**Additionally, Kumi Mizuno's character in this film, Akemi Togawa, is very similar to her character Sueko Togami from Frankenstein vs. Baragon, leading some to erroneously believe she was reprising the role.
**Additionally, Kumi Mizuno's character in this film, Akemi Togawa, is very similar to her character Sueko Togami from Frankenstein vs. Baragon, leading some to erroneously believe she was reprising the role.
*According to the 2014 book Godzilla Dictionary (New Edition), both The War of the Gargantuas and its predecessor Frankenstein vs. Baragon take place in the same timeline as the Godzilla films of the Showa series.
*The War of the Gargantuas is referenced in the beginning of the 2002 Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, and stock footage of Gaira from the film is shown. Supplementary materials for the sequel to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. reveal that The War of the Gargantuas is part of the continuity of the two films, along with the events of several other non-Godzilla films from the Showa era.
*The War of the Gargantuas is the third and final co-production between Toho and UPA subsidiary Benedict Productions, following Frankenstein vs. Baragon and Invasion of Astro-Monster. It was not, however, UPA's last involvement with Toho's kaiju films, as the company aired Terror of Mechagodzilla on television in the U.S. in 1978.
*This film marks the first appearance of the Maser Cannons in a Toho film. The Maser Cannons would go on to become famous recurring military weapons in Toho's Godzilla films over the next several decades.
*The American producer of the film, Henry G. Saperstein, had reportedly planned to make a collaborative Japanese-American Godzilla film. It has long been speculated that this film would pit Godzilla against one or both of the Gargantuas, but there is no concrete evidence supporting this. However, author Patrick Macias mentions in his 2006 book Otaku in USA - Love & Misunderstanding! The History of Adopted Anime in America! that Saperstein allegedly planned to produce a sequel to The War of the Gargantuas featuring Godzilla battling against one of the Gargantuas as a cyborg, though this idea was also never realized.
*The original ending of the film was to not only have Sanda and Gaira swallowed up by the underwater volcano, but the lava was to have spread to Tokyo where it was to destroy the city as well as the remaining cells of the monsters; cited in an interview with director Honda in Guy Tucker's Age of the Gods: A History of the Japanese Fantasy Film.
*Sanda and Gaira re-appeared in Go! Godman Episodes 16 "Godman vs. Sanda" and 17 "Godman vs. Gaira" as well as in Go! Greenman Episodes 31 "Greenman vs. Sanda" and 4 "Greenman vs. Gaira." Gaira later made an appearance in the 2008 Go! Godman film.
*The insert song "Feel In My Heart" (also known as "The Words Get Stuck In My Throat" in the U.S. version), performed by Kipp Hamilton, was later covered by the American rock band Devo.
*Quentin Tarantino based the fight between Uma Thurman and Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill Vol. 2 on the final battle from The War of the Gargantuas. He showed his copy of the film to both actresses and told them he wanted it to be "The War of the Blonde Gargantuas."
*During the 2012 Oscars, there was a segment called "First Movie Moments" where famous actors describe the first movie they remember seeing. Actor Brad Pitt stated that the first movie he ever saw was none other than The War of the Gargantuas.
*Hajime Isayama happened to see The War of the Gargantuas on television as a child, and has said that it served as an influence when he created Attack on Titan. Isayama's manga was later adapted into two live action tokusatsu kaiju films by Toho in 2015.
*The Chinese poster for the 2018 film The Predator was inspired by the poster for The War of the Gargantuas.
In the trailer for the film, Sanda and Gaira have roars which differ from those in the actual film. One roar is a higher pitched Rodan roar and the other is Varan's roar mixed with King Kong's. These roars would go on to be used for the Ultra kaiju Antlar and Chandora, respectively.
In the trailer for the film, Sanda and Gaira have roars which differ from those in the actual film. One roar is a higher pitched Rodan roar and the other is Varan's roar mixed with King Kong's. These roars would go on to be used for the Ultra kaiju Antlar and Chandora, respectively.
*While they have never appeared in a Godzilla film outside of stock footage, the Gargantuas have appeared in officially-licensed Godzilla media such as video games, manga, and comic books.
*Renji Oki, author of the novels GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse and GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla, stated in an interview that he considered including the Gargantuas in one of the novels, but the novels' setting supervisor Seichi Shirato did not feel right using them without Frankenstein being involved in their backstory.
*In a 2019 interview, Godzilla: King of the Monsters director Michael Dougherty commented that his top pick for monsters to be added to the MonsterVerse would be the Gargantuas, followed by Biollante.
Detailed comparison of the Japanese and U.S. versions of the film
Comparison of the film's two English dubs
Picture Gallery at Wikizilla