Dogora (1964)

Original title

宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ

Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, kaiju

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A giant space creature made of jellyfish-like matter descends to Earth. It starts eating carbon and destroys parts of Japan. The military tries to stop the monster.

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What happens

Dogora (宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ, Uchū Daikaijū Dogora; lit. 'Giant Space Monster Dogora') is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan. Dogora was released theatrically in Japan on August 11, 1964. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1966 by American International Television, under the title Dagora, the Space Monster. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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