Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Nick Adams
Astronaut Glenn Amer
Akira Takarada
Astronaut K. Fuji
Jun Tazaki
Dr. Sakurai
Akira Kubo
Tetsuo Teri
Kumi Mizuno
Miss Namikawa
Keiko Sawai
Haruno Fuji
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Controller of Planet X
Takamaru Sasaki
Chairman of Earth Committee
Gen Shimizu
Minister of Defense
Kenzō Tabu
Commander from Planet X
Yoshifumi Tajima
General
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla / Stunt Coordinator
Ishirō Honda
Director
Masaki Shinohara
Rodan
Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Shōichi Hirose
King Ghidorah
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Toki Shiozawa
Tetsuo's Mother
Hajime Koizumi
Cinematographer
Nadao Kirino
Military Aide
Kôji Uno
Namikawa's Associate
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Tôru Ibuki
Xian
Kazuo Suzuki
Xian
Takeo Kita
ProductionDesigner
Fuyuki Murakami
Councilman
Noriko Sengoku
Female Delegate
Someshō Matsumoto
Buddhist Priest
Kamayuki Tsubono
Councilman
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Official
Rinsaku Ogata
Scientist
Masaaki Tachibana
Scientist
Yutaka Oka
Reporter
Saburô Iketani
News Reader
Yoshizo Tatake
Xian
Mitsuo Tsuda
Xian
Ryôji Shimizu
Xian
Minoru Itō
Xian
Takuzō Kumagai
Xian
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1965
Original Name怪獣大戦争
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingG
Box Office$3,000,000
Filming LocationsJapan
Genres
Wiki.
Invasion of Astro-Monster (怪獣大戦争, Kaijū Dai-sensō, lit. 'The Giant Monster War') is a 1965 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the sixth film in the Godzilla franchise and Shōwa period. The film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the second collaboration between Toho Co., Ltd. and UPA. The film stars Akira Takarada, Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Kubo, and Yoshio Tsuchiya, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masaki Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah. In the film, aliens plead with humanity to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat King Ghidorah, only to betray the humans and unleash the monsters on the Earth.
Invasion of Astro-Monster was theatrically released in Japan on December 19, 1965, to mixed reviews from critics. It was followed by a theatrical release in the United States on July 29, 1970, by Maron Films as Monster Zero, on a double bill with The War of the Gargantuas.
The film was followed by the seventh film in the Godzilla franchise, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, released on December 17, 1966.