Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Akira Kubo
SY-3 Captain Katsuo Yamabe
Jun Matsui
Dr. Yoshido
Jun Tazaki
Dr. Yoshido
Yukiko Kobayashi
Kyoko Manabe
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Otani
Kyôko Ai
Kilaak Queen
Andrew Hughes
Dr. Stevenson
Jun Fukuda
Director
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Engineer
Chōtarō Tōgin
Ogata
Yoshifumi Tajima
General
Kenji Sahara
Commander Nishikawa
Ikio Sawamura
Old Farmer
Hisaya Ito
Major Tada
Yoshio Katsuda
Young Scientist
Ishirō Honda
Director
Takeshi Kimura
Writer
Yutaka Sada
Police Officer
John Ledford
Producer
Hiroshi Okada
Hospital Doctor
Hideo Shibuya
1st Reporter
John Sirabella
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Nadao Kirino
1st Detective
Yutaka Oka
2nd Detective
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Taiichi Kankura
Cinematographer
Kamayuki Tsubono
3rd Detective
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Seishirō Kuno
SY-3 Engineer
Ken'ichirō Maruyama
Moon Base Employee
Kenzo Echigo
SY-3 Engineer
Takeo Kita
ProductionDesigner
Mutsumi Toyoshima
ProductionDesigner
Wataru Ōmae
SY-3 Astronaut
Naoya Kusakawa
SY-3 Astronaut
Kazuo Suzuki
Kilaak Controlled Staffer (uncredited)
Tôru Ibuki
Kilaak Controlled Staffer (uncredited)
Susumu Kurobe
Kilaak Controlled Staffer (uncredited)
Minoru Itō
Kilaak Controlled Staffer (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
1st Officer (uncredited)
Haruya Sakamoto
2nd Officer (uncredited)
Yukihiko Gondô
Soldier (uncredited)
Rei Maki
Kilaak (uncredited)
Masaaki Tachibana
Officer Announcing Monsters' Arrival (uncredited)
Saburô Iketani
News Reader (uncredited)
Atsuko Takahashi
Kilaak (uncredited)
Yoshio Miyata
Kilaak (uncredited)
Ari Segawa
Kilaak (uncredited)
Kyoko Mori
Kilaak (uncredited)
Midori Uchiyama
Kilaak (uncredited)
Wakako Tanabe
Kilaak (uncredited)
Michiko Ishii
Kilaak (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Godzilla / Military Advisor / Stunt Coordinator
Yû Sekita
Anguirus
Teruo Nigaki
Rodan
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 1, 1968
Original Name怪獣総進撃
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingG
Box Office$1,568,760
Filming LocationsJapan
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Wiki.
Destroy All Monsters (Japanese: 怪獣総進撃, Hepburn: Kaijū Sō-shingeki, lit. 'Monster All-out Attack') is a 1968 Japanese epic kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects directed by Sadamasa Arikawa and supervised by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film, which was produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, is the ninth film in the Godzilla franchise, and features eleven monster characters, including Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, and Minilla. The film stars Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi and Yoshio Tsuchiya.
In the film, humans have achieved world peace by the year 1999, and various giant monsters are confined to an area known as Monsterland. The monsters are freed from the area and are mind-controlled by aliens known as Kilaaks, who send them to attack major cities. When the monsters are freed from the Kilaaks' influence, the aliens send King Ghidorah to challenge the other monsters.
Destroy All Monsters was released theatrically in Japan on August 1, 1968. The film was released by American International Pictures with an English-language dub in the United States on May 23, 1969. Contemporary American reviews were mixed, with praise mainly held for the climactic monster battle. Retrospectively, the film has received more praise, and is considered a favorite among Godzilla fans for its "audacious and simple story", "innovative action sequences", and a "memorably booming" score by Akira Ifukube.