| Yog: Monster from Space | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Yog: Monster from Space |
| Director: | Ishirô Honda |
| Writers: | Ei Ogawa |
| Producers: | Tomoyuki Tanaka; Fumio Tanaka; Samuel Z. Arkoff [1]; Salvatore Billitteri [2] |
| Composer: | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography: | Taiichi Kankura |
| Editors: | Masahisa Himi |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Released: | August 1st, 1970 [3] |
| Rating: | G |
| Running time: | 84 min. |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
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Yog: Monster from Space is a Japanese feature film of the daikaiju ("giant monster") subgenre. It was directed by Ishirô Honda with a screenplay written by Ei Ogawa. It was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and released theatrically in Japan on August 1st, 1970.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Akira Kubo | Taro Kudo |
| Atsuko Takahashi | Ayako Hoshino |
| Yukiko Kobayashi | Saki, native girl |
| Kenji Sahara | Makoto Obata |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Doctor Kyoichi Mida |
| Yû Fujiki | Promotion Division manager |
| Noritake Saito | Rico, the guide |
| Yûko Sugihara | Stewardess |
| Sachio Sakai | The editor |
| Chôtarô Tôgin | Yokoyama, an agent |
| Wataru Ômae | Sakura |
| Tetsu Nakamura | Chieftain Ombo |
| Yukihiko Gondo | Islander |
| Shigeo Katô | Islander |
| Rinsaku Ogata | Islander |
| Haruo Nakajima | Gezora-Kameba |
| Haruyoshi Nakamura | Ganime |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Copyright holder: © 1970, Toho Company, Ltd.
- Yog: Monster from Space (1970) redirects to this page.
- The original Japanese title for this film is Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû (which redirects to this page).
- This film has also been released under the titles Yog: The Space Amoeba, Yog: Monster from Outer Space and Space Amoeba.
- This film was shot on-location in Guam. [4]
- Yog: Monster from Space premiered in the United States in New York City, New York on August 4th, 1971. [3]
- Yog: Monster from Space premiered in West Germany on October 27th, 1972. [3]
- This is Ishirô Honda's forty-seventh film as a director.
- This is the first, and to date, only known film work for actress Yûko Sugihara.
- The giant sea turtle, Kamoebas, also appears in the 2003 daikaiju film Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., where he is briefly seen as a carcass washed up on the Pacific Coast.
- Yog was featured in the Godzilla: Monster of Monsters video game, which was released by Toho Company in 1988.
Recommendations[]
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
- The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
External Links[]
- Yog: Monster from Space at IMDB
- Yog: Monster from Space at Wikipedia
- Yog: Monster from Space at Toho Kingdom
- Yog: Monster from Space at Themoviedb.org
- Yog: Monster from Space at Horrormovies.org
- Yog: Monster from Space at Rotten Tomatoes
- Yog: Monster from Space at the Godzilla Wiki
References[]
- ↑ Producer on the U.S. release only.
- ↑ Producer on the U.S. release only.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 IMDB; Yog: Monster from Space (1970); Release info.
- ↑ IMDB; Yog: Monster from Space (1970); Filming locations.