Space Amoeba

6/9/19711h 24m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack! ~

Overview:

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Director:

Ishirō Honda

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

spacecraft
island
monster
giant monster
satellite
tropical island
kaiju
space monster
giant squid
giant crab
monster island
native village
space probe
tokusatsu

Cast

Akira Kubo

~ as ~

Taro Kudo

Yukiko Kobayashi

~ as ~

Saki, native girl

Atsuko Takahashi

~ as ~

Ayako Hoshino

Yoshio Tsuchiya

~ as ~

Dr. Kyoichi Mida

Tetsu Nakamura

~ as ~

Chieftain Ombo

Sachio Sakai

~ as ~

The Editor (uncredited)

Kenji Sahara

~ as ~

Makoto Obata

Yū Fujiki

~ as ~

Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)

Noritake Saito

~ as ~

Rico, the guide (uncredited)

Chōtarō Tōgin

~ as ~

Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
5
This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!