Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

Original title

怪獣大戦争

Directed by

Ishirō Honda

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film, kaiju, alien invasion

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

G

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 255 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Aliens ask Earth to lend them Godzilla and Rodan to defeat a three-headed monster. Once the job is done, the aliens betray humanity and turn the monsters loose on the planet.

cheerfulfast-pacedcampywhimsicallight-heartedretroaction-packedloud

What happens

Invasion of Astro-Monster (Japanese: 怪獣大戦争, Hepburn: Kaijū Dai-sensō; lit. 'The Great War of the Monsters') is a 1965 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the sixth film in the Godzilla franchise and Shōwa period. The film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the second collaboration between Toho Co., Ltd. and UPA. The film stars Akira Takarada, Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Kubo, and Yoshio Tsuchiya, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masaki Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah. In the film, aliens plead with humanity to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat Ghidorah, only to betray the humans and unleash the monsters on the Earth. Invasion of Astro-Monster was theatrically released in Japan on December 19, 1965, to mixed reviews from critics. It was followed by a theatrical release in the United States on July 29, 1970, by Maron Films as Monster Zero, on a double bill with The War of the Gargantuas. The film was followed by Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, released on December 17, 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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