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Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon

A chilling horror classic

19736.11h 22m

Overview

Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

Directed by Jun Fukuda
Written by Jun Fukuda, Shinichi Sekizawa, Takeshi Kimura
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Box OfficeBudget: $760KRevenue: $20.0M

Top Cast

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Katsuhiko Sasaki

Inventor Goro Ibuki

Yutaka Hayashi

Yutaka Hayashi

Hiroshi Jinkawa

Hiroyuki Kawase

Hiroyuki Kawase

Rokuro 'Roku-chan' Ibuki

K

Kanta Mori

Japan Special Defense Forces Chief

Kotaro Tomita

Kotaro Tomita

Lead Seatopian Agent

U

Ulf Otsuki

Seatopian Agent

S

Sakyo Mikami

Truck Driver's Assistant

F

Fumiyo Ikeda

Man from Unit 1

Robert Dunham

Robert Dunham

Emperor Antonio of Seatopia

G

Gentaro Nakajima

Truck Driver

Themes & Keywords

underground worldjapankidnappinggiant monstergiant robotrobotalien invasionstock footagegojirakaijutag teammonster islandgodzillatokusatsu

About Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Megalon is a action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy film released in 1973 exploring themes of underground world, japan, kidnapping, giant monster, giant robot, robot. Directed by Jun Fukuda, it stars Katsuhiko Sasaki, Yutaka Hayashi, Hiroyuki Kawase. Inventor Goro Ibuki creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the Seatopians. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

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