Starring Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kyoko Ai
Directed by Ishiro Honda
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
Alien beings release Godzilla and other famous monsters from captivity on Monster Island, and use mind control to get them to attack major cities across the Earth.
Toho delivers a plotline to utilize nearly all of their kaiju, from Godzilla, to Rodan, Mothra, Baragon, Anguirus, and a number of others, first used to attack Earth's cities, and then later brought together to battle a mystery monster from outer space. There's special effects a plenty from Eiji Tsubaraya and his team, not just for the monster fights but also rocket ships and flying saucers, although some of the model work doesn't impress as much as their past efforts. A knock down drag out fight between the most popular monsters impresses, and it's good to see so many Toho veteran actors in the cast, but it's a slow paced film, and when the monsters aren't on screen, their absence is felt. However, Akira Ifukube's score is a winner, delivering variations on his most popular themes, and the film surely was a hit with the younger set when it hit theaters, due to the presence of so many of the kaiju of Toho's filmography.
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