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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) [G]

Release Date:
July 31, 1966

Original Title:
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ

Alternate Titles:
Battle of the Giants (Kong and King)
Duel of Monsters
Duel of the Frankensteins
Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten
Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs. Gaira
Frankenstein: Duel of the Giants
Furankenshutain no Kaijū: Sanda tai Gaira
Furankenshutain no Kettō
Furankenshutain no Kyōdai
Furankenshutain no Tōsō
Kaijū Jaianto Sanda
Katango
Katango's War
King Kong Wars
King Kongarnas krig
Monster Giant Sanda
Pojedynek potworów
Strife of Frankenstein
The Frankenstein Brothers
The Two Frankensteins
War of the Gargantuas
Ο Πόλεμος των Γκαργκαντούας
Τέρατα από Χαμένους Πλανήτες
קרב הענקים (קונג וקינג)
フランケンシュタインの兄弟
フランケンシュタインの斗争
フランケンシュタインの決闘
怪獣ジャイアント サンダ

Genres:
Action | Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Benedict Pictures Corp.
Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc.
TOHO
Tokyo Laboratory
United Productions of America

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: G 

Runtime: 88

A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!

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Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.

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Production

Assistant Director:
Seiji Tani

Characters:
Mary Shelley

Costume Design:
Teizô Toshimitsu

Creature Design:
Tohl Narita

Director:
Ishirō Honda

Director of Photography:
Hajime Koizumi

Editor:
Ryôhei Fujii

Executive Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Kenichiro Tsunoda
Henry G. Saperstein
Reuben Bercovitch

First Assistant Director:
Koji Kajita

Lighting Technician:
Toshio Takashima
Kuichirô Kishida

Modeling:
Teizô Toshimitsu

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

Production Design:
Takeo Kita

Production Manager:
Shoichi Koga

Production Supervisor:
Richard Krown

Screenplay:
Takeshi Kimura
Ishirō Honda

Sound Effects Editor:
Sadamasa Nishimoto

Sound Recordist:
Norio Tone

Special Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Teruyoshi Nakano
Sadamasa Arikawa
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Fumio Nakadai
Yôichi Manoda
Sadao Iizuka
Kyuzo Yamamoto
Tadaaki Watanabe
Tokimaro Karasawa
Kenya Mukai
Takeshi Yamamoto
Takao Tsurumi
Takeshi Miyanishi
Mitsuru Toriumi

Special Effects Assistant:
Teruyoshi Nakano
Takeharu Ikebuchi
Hiromasa Shirai
Hiroshi Komura
Jiro Shirasaki
Yoshio Irie
Toshiro Aoki
Shun Suganuma
Mutsumi Toyoshima
Tokimaro Karasawa
Kenya Mukai
Takeshi Yamamoto
Takao Tsurumi
Takeshi Miyanishi
Mitsuru Toriumi

Story:
Reuben Bercovitch

VFX Director of Photography:
Sadamasa Arikawa
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Yôichi Manoda

VFX Lighting Artist:
Kuichirô Kishida

Visual Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Teruyoshi Nakano
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Koichi Kawakita
Sadao Iizuka

Visual Effects Art Director:
Yasuyuki Inoue
Takeharu Ikebuchi
Hiromasa Shirai
Hiroshi Komura
Jiro Shirasaki
Yoshio Irie
Toshiro Aoki
Shun Suganuma
Mutsumi Toyoshima

Visual Effects Camera:
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
Koichi Kawakita
Tokimaro Karasawa
Kenya Mukai
Takeshi Yamamoto
Takao Tsurumi
Takeshi Miyanishi
Mitsuru Toriumi

Visual Effects Compositor:
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Koichi Kawakita

Visual Effects Director:
Eiji Tsuburaya
Teruyoshi Nakano

Visual Effects Production Manager:
Yasuaki Sakamoto

Vocals:
Kipp Hamilton

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