Destroy All Monsters [Kaijû Sôshingeki] *** (1968, Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi) – Classic Movie Review 8267

Co-writer/ director Ishirô Honda’s amusing 1968 Japanese Sci-Fi horror movie Destroy All Monsters [Kaijû Sôshingeki] has plenty of action and of course lots of monsters but little plot, and it gains an extra star for having all those monsters, among them Godzilla, Rodan, Manya and Varan,

All the planet’s creepiest creatures are kept on a Japanese island where they can be easily targeted by lunar extra-terrestrials with remote-control devices. Can Earth gain control? Will one picture wear out all moviedom’s tackiest monsters in one fell swoop? Is anyone out there?

It stars Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, and Yukiko Kobayashi. Also in the cast are Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kyôko Ai, Kenji Sahara, Andrew Hughes, Chôtarô Tôgin, Yoshifumi Tajima and Hisaya Itô.

It is made by Toho Company and gained worldwide recognition by its distribution by American International Pictures. Toho’s English language version has now supplanted the original US release version.

Destroy all Monsters! [Kaijû Sôshingeki] is directed by Ishirô Honda, runs 88 minutes, is made by Toho Company, is released by American International Pictures, is written by Ishirô Honda and Takeshi Kimura (as Kaoru Mabuchi), is shot in Eastmancolor by Talichi Kankura, is produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and is scored by Akira Ifukube.

It marks the final appearance of Baran (or Varan).

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