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Space Amoeba

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6.4/10 • 51

1970-08-011h 24m

Science FictionAdventureHorror

An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Directors
Ishirō Honda
Editors
Masahisa Himi

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Akira Kubo

    Akira Kubo

    Taro Kudo

  2. Yukiko Kobayashi

    Yukiko Kobayashi

    Saki, native girl

  3. Atsuko Takahashi

    Atsuko Takahashi

    Ayako Hoshino

  4. Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Dr. Kyoichi Mida

  5. Tetsu Nakamura

    Tetsu Nakamura

    Chieftain Ombo

  6. Sachio Sakai

    Sachio Sakai

    The Editor (uncredited)

  7. Kenji Sahara

    Kenji Sahara

    Makoto Obata

  8. Yū Fujiki

    Yū Fujiki

    Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)

  9. Noritake Saito

    Noritake Saito

    Rico, the guide (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Jun 3, 2023

5/10

This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!

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Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
spacecraftislandmonstergiant monstersatellitetropical islandkaijuspace monstergiant squidgiant crabmonster islandnative villagespace probetokusatsu