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| Genre | Sci-Fi |
| Format | Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Dubbed, DVD |
| Contributor | Pair Bambi, Ryôhei Fujii, Akira Takarada, Chôtarô Tôgin, Ikio Sawamura, Kumi Mizuno, Tôru Watanabe, Akihiko Hirata, Hideyo Amamoto, Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Jun Fukuda, Kazuo Yamada, Hideo Sunazuka, Tôru Ibuki, Hisaya Itô, Jun Tazaki, Tomoyuki Tanaka See more |
| Language | Japanese |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
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A young man gathers two friends together and sails into the South Pacific in search of his brother. En route, they encounter a fugitive who takes them on his escape. Caught in a severe storm, they arrive at Letchi Island where natives of Infant Island have been enslaved by the terrorist organization Red Bamboo. Red Bamboo runs a heavy water factory to process a juice, which holds off the monster Ebirah . The young men meet a beautiful but tough Daiyo, who has escaped her captors, and they wake up Godzilla(r) to put an end to the Red Bamboo.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.75 x 0.53 inches; 4 Ounces
- Director : Jun Fukuda
- Media Format : Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Dubbed, DVD
- Run time : 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Release date : February 8, 2005
- Actors : Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chôtarô Tôgin, Hideo Sunazuka, Tôru Watanabe
- Dubbed: : English
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Language : Unqualified
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00006IUGR
- Writers : Shin'ichi Sekizawa
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #159,384 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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The main reason I believe this movie works so well is its diversion from the norm. It's nice for once to see a Godzilla movie in a totally different setting than we are used to. Though we do see some familiar scenes of Godzilla taking down fighter jets and destroying buildings, it is seen a little less here than usual which I think works to the movie's advantage.
The storyline is actually quite good as well. A group of Japanese men find themselves marooned on a remote island named Devil's Island. The island is home to a terrorist organization named Red Bamboo. They are secretly conducting heavy water experiments for a possible attack on Japan. The island is threatened by a menacing sea creature named Ebirah that could attack the island at anytime. However Red Bamboo keeps the creature at bay by spraying a yellow liquid made from fruit indegenous to the island. The castaways discover that Red Bamboo has captured a large group of people from a nearby island tribe (Which is home to one of Godzilla's fremenies Mothra.) and are forcing them to work as slaves to manufacture the liquid. A young female tribe member escapes captivity and meets the small group of men. They agree to help her and her people escape anyway they can, but they don't see how they could get past Ebirah. While making their way through one of the island's many caves the group is stunned to find none other than Godzilla alseep on the island. They decide, through use of a crude lightening rod, to awaken the monster in hopes he can face and defeat Ebirah. Meanwhile back on the slaves' home island, the remaining tribe members wait for Mothra to awake in order to ask for her help in saving their captive tribe members.
I was never bored with this movie and enjoyed it from start to finish. The fight sequences between Godzilla and Ebirah are better than average which definitely helps this movie work. Overall, it's just plain fun and that's what the Godzilla movies are all about.
As I have noted in my reviews of other films in this series, it's great to see this movie in its original form with the original dialogue track. Far better than that horrible dubbing we all were subjected to when we saw these movies on Sunday afternoon television. The picture quality is also terrific. The way the movie was supposed to (and should) be seen.
See the original "Gojira" (Not the vastly inferior Americanized version with the late Raymond Burr titled "Godzilla: King of the Monsters".) by all means, but see "Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster" too! The original Toho Studio Godzilla series does not have a bad movie in it in my opinion (Though I will be the first to admit some are better than others.) but make a point to see the two best movies of the series. You won't be disappointed.
The titular Sea Monster in the film is Ebirah, a giant lobster that patrols the seas around a remote island. An island used by a nefarious para-military group known as Red Bamboo who are using the secret island to build an aresenal of deadly weapons. Using slave labor, Red Bamboo has also created a chemical which repels the deadly Ebirah, ensuring that they are the only people who can approach or depart from the island without ending up as lobster food.
Four unlikely thieves stumble into this hideout while looking for a missing fisherman. There they discover the Red Bamboo operation, and devise a plan to free the slaves. Toss Godzilla into the mix, and add just a dash of Mothra, and this is a fun little entry into Toho series.
This is actually a really fun, character driven film. The interaction between the four men and the runaway slave girl is a lot of fun. If you are hoping for tons of monster fights, or watching Godzilla flatten Tokyo, then you may be disappointed. Godzilla doesn't really make an appearance until the final third of the film, and as you can imagine his fight scenes with the water-bound Ebirah are kind of limited. Godzilla does get in a quick fight with a second nemesis known as Condra, and tackles some fighter jets as well, but the fight scenes aren't the focus of the film. Mothra, though playing a vital part, has very little screentime.
While not the best Godzilla film in the series, this is a fun entry and worth picking up for fans of the series.
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The story is about four guys (three rather average young ones and one rather unusual older one) whose yacht is sunk by a mysterious sea monster (Ebirah, a kind of giant crayfish) and who find themselves on an isolated island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. They soon discover that this island is the secret hideout of a kind of evil military organization which enslaves natives of neighboring islands for reason initially unknown. And later they find that this island has also one more, really HUGE secret!
This is a deliberately light and humorist and even a little bit silly Godzilla movie, but it is also one of my favorites. My daughter liked it so much that I had to buy her a plush Ebirah on e-bay, to go with her plush Godzilla... Godzilla appears in the movie only in the middle but after that there is a lot of him and he gives a great show. This movie also contains one of the best performances of already legendary Mothra song...
To conclude, this is totally non serious, funny, pleasant kidult (kid+adult) monster movie for a rainy weekend afternoon. Enjoy!
I'd say if you like Godzilla movies on the funny side, this should appeal to you.




