Ebirah contre Godzilla

Original title: Gojira · Ebira · Mosura Nankai no daikettô

1966
PG
1h 27m

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5.5/10

6.8K

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A teen searching for his brother stows away on a criminal's boat that shipwrecks on Letchi island, where terrorists have enslaved the Infant Island natives. Discovering Godzilla asleep, they decide to awaken him to liberate the natives.

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Four men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization developing nuclear weapons have enslaved the natives of Infant Island and command monstr... Read allFour men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization developing nuclear weapons have enslaved the natives of Infant Island and command monstrous crustacean named Ebirah.Four men searching for one's brother are shipwrecked on Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization developing nuclear weapons have enslaved the natives of Infant Island and command monstrous crustacean named Ebirah.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

6.8K

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Trivia
This film was originally written to star King Kong, as Rankin/Bass Productions had provided Toho with the license to the character in order to produce a tie-in film for Toei's animated TV series King Kong (1966), which they co-produced. However, Rankin/Bass rejected the original treatment, as they wanted director Ishirô Honda to helm the film. Toho insisted on Jun Fukuda and after Rankin/Bass backed out, Toho decided to replace King Kong with Godzilla. Toho and Rankin/Bass would then go on to co-produce La Revanche de King Kong (1967), a film that was more in line with what Rankin/Bass wanted.

Goofs
At the end of the film, as Mothra flies back to Infant Island, the large net she is carrying with her feet with the humans inside it is missing.

Quotes
Daiyo: Mothra... Awaken, hear us.

Crazy credits
For the Columbia/Tri-Star U.S. DVD release of the film, which uses the original uncut Japanese version of it, its English-language credits list the noted composer Masaru Satô as "Mararu Sato."

Alternate versions
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of the film featured a Film Ventures-lensed print of it that used a different title sequence made up of clips from the next film in the Godzilla series, La Planète des monstres (1967).

Connections
Edited into La Revanche de Godzilla (1969)

Soundtracks
Samashite Mosura
(Mothra Awake)
Written and Arranged by Masaru Satô
Performed by Pair Bambi

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Godzilla vs a creature of the sea.

This is a most unusual Godzilla flick. To be exact a low budget affair with no big city to destroy with Godzilla doing his battle on an island. The story line is a little James Bond-ish, but we know Godzilla is the reason we are watching. The story line is of no real concern as long as Godzilla does his thing.

A group of young men take out on a sailboat in attempts to find a long lost brother shipwrecked and thought lost at sea. The would be rescue party ends up shipwrecked themselves on an island that is guarded by Ebirah, a giant mutant lobster-like creature, thus GODZILLA vs THE SEA MONSTER(USA title).Also on the island is a militia base that is producing nuclear bombs to overtake the world with. Godzilla is awakened from his nap in a cave to take on the sea monster and destroy the evil soldiers and their bomb factory.

My favorite scene is where Godzilla and Ebirah appear to be playing ping pong with a boulder during their showdown. Actually this is one of Godzilla's easiest foes to whip. Maybe to help in cutting production costs.

The low budget was due to the fact that at the time TV viewers were lowering movie theater attendance. This did not seem to effect the popularity of this particular Godzilla outing.