The War of the Gargantuas
The War of the Gargantuas, released in Japan as Frankensteins Monsters Sanda versus Gaira , Furankenshutain no Kaij Sanda tai Gaira? , is a 1966 science fiction kaiju film. The film was coproduced between the Japanese company Toho, and Henry G. Sapersteins American company UPA. The film was a sequel to Frankenstein Conquers the World, and was the second of two films featuring giant Frankenstein monsters that Sapertsteins company coproduced with Toho. Directed by Ishir Honda, and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the film starred Hollywood actor Russ Tamblyn, alongside Japanese actors Kenji Sahara and Kumi Mizuno.
As the film opens, a small boat is seen chugging through stormy seas. A giant octopus appears from the ocean and seems bent on killing the sole crew member on deck. Suddenly, the octopus releases the man and retracts its tentacles from the boat. Relieved, the sailor peers out the porthole to see Gaira, a large green manlike creature, fighting the octopus. After easily defeating it, Gaira turns his attention to the boat and sinks it.When the sailor is recovered from the ocean, he tells his tale of the large gargantua Frankenstein in the Japanese version to his doctors, who believe he is in shock and spouting nonsense. The press picks up on the story and interviews Dr. Paul Stewart Russ Tamblyn and his female assistant, Akemi Kumi Mizuno, who once had a baby gargantua in their possession for study five years prior. Dr. Stewart and Akemi try to dispel the idea that the attack on the boat was caused by the gargantua they knew and studied because it was very gentle while in their care. Stewart postulates that the gargantua he studied wouldnt live in the ocean as it was found in the mountains and probably returned there when it escaped from his laboratory five years ago. ........
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