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Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Nothing like it ever before! The fantastic war of the giant fire monsters!

19596.41h 18m

Overview

A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

Directed by Hugo Grimaldi
Written by Hugo Grimaldi, Ib Melchior, Shigeaki Hidaka
Produced by Paul Schreibman, Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Top Cast

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Tsukioka

Setsuko Wakayama

Setsuko Wakayama

Hidemi

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Dr. Yamane

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Dr. Tadokoro

Seijirô Onda

Seijirô Onda

Commander (as Serjiro Onda)

Sonosuke Sawamura

Sonosuke Sawamura

Shibeki

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Tajima

Mayuri Mokushô

Mayuri Mokushô

Radio Operator

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Yukio Kasama

Father (as Yokio Kasama)

Themes & Keywords

giant monsterdinosauralternate versionstock footagekaijutokusatsu

About Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster is a action, horror, science fiction, adventure film released in 1959 exploring themes of giant monster, dinosaur, alternate version, stock footage, kaiju, tokusatsu. Directed by Hugo Grimaldi, it stars Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki. A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

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