Yog: Monster from Space

Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû

Japan

1970

84 Min

Color

2.35:1

Japanese

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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EXEC Fumiko Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka

CAST Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yokiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Wataru Omae

A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group plans to build a resort hotel on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world. —imdb

Director

Ishirô Honda

Ishirō Honda (本多猪四郎 Honda Ishirō), sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as “Inoshiro Honda”, (May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director, Akira Kurosawa.

Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner there when the war ended.

He is probably best known for his tokusatsu films including several entries in the Godzilla series. He directed the original Godzilla along with King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), All Monsters Attack (1969) and many others until 1975. He also directed such tokusatsu films such as Rodan and Mothra. His last feature film was Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975).

The following years were spent directing various sci-fi TV shows. The superhero shows Return of Ultraman, Mirrorman and Zone Fighter were also his. In addition, he… read more