Starring Mitsunobu Kaneko, Akio Ito, Shozaburo Date, Hirohiko Sato, Matasaburo Niwa
Directed by Minoru Yamada
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A young boy gains control of an invincible robot, and joins a secret organization to protect the Earth from an alien emperor and his army of monsters.
This film is actually a compilation of episodes from the Japanese TV series, Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot, and as such is mostly built around Johhny summoning the robot to fight the monster of the week. There are espionage sequences as well, with Johnny aided and accompanied by Jerry Mano, an adult agent. The special effects are decent, with both the robot and Johnny and the other agents using jet packs to fly, and the creature designs are generally of feature quality, including an octopus, a giant living plant, an aquatic unicorn beast, and a number of others. As the episodes included within the film aren't all in sequence, the emperor's lackeys change sporadically, but the narrative is pretty simple to follow. I wouldn't place this among the great kaiju productions, but it's fun and enjoyable.
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