Starring Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Akira Takarada, Masumi Okada, Richard Jaeckel
Directed by Ishiro Honda
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
When their diving bell crashes to the ocean floor, three men are rescued by the captain of a futuristic submarine, who takes them to a secret undersea civilization.
This is a really fun sci-fi effort from Japan's Toho Studios, and Ishiro Honda, director of Gojira, although the principal cast including Cotten, Romero, Jaeckel, and Patricia Medina are all American actors. The premise is intriguing, there's some nifty effects work, as well as a good score by Akira Ifukube. Some of the costumes are a bit ludicrous, the creatures of the film are clearly men in monster suits, and Romero's villainy is at times a little over the top, but I had a grand time watching this. Don't take it too seriously, and you will too.
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