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Template:Infopelicula Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘 Gojira Ebira Mosura: Nankai no Daikettō?, lit. Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Great Duel in the South Seas) is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Toho Company Ltd., and the seventh installment in the Godzilla series as well as the Showa series. The film was released to Japanese theaters on December 17, 1966. Template:TOC
Plot
After his brother Yata is lost at sea, young Ryota Kane steals a yacht with his two friends and a bank robber. This motley crew runs afoul of sea monster Ebirah, and washes up on the shore of Devil's Island, where a terrorist organization manufactures heavy water for their nefarious purposes, as well as a chemical that keeps Ebirah at bay. The organization, Red Bamboo, has enslaved natives from Infant Island to help them, but the natives hope to awaken a dormant Mothra to rescue them. In their efforts to avoid capture, Ryota and his friends, aided by a beautiful native girl, stumble across Godzilla sleeping within a cliffside cavern. The group devises a plan to defeat the Red Bamboo and escape from the island. In the process, they wake Godzilla using a lightning rod. Godzilla fights Ebirah, but the giant shrimp escapes. Godzilla is then attacked by a giant condor and a squadron of Red Bamboo fighter jets, but destroys them. The humans retrieve the missing Yata, free the enslaved natives and Godzilla begins to destroy the base. Godzilla smashes a tower that has a self destruct button that makes the island unstable. Godzilla fights Ebirah and defeats it, ripping off both Ebirah's claws and causing it to retreat into the sea. The natives summon Mothra to save everyone, however, Godzilla challenges Mothra when she gets to the island. Mothra manages to push Godzilla away and carry the people off. Godzilla escapes the island just before it explodes.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Jun Fukuda
- Written by Shinichi Sekizawa
- Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Music by Masaru Sato
- Cinematography by Kazuo Yamada
- Edited by Ryohei Fujii
- Production design by Takeo Kita, Akira Watanabe
- Assistant directing by Ken Sano
- Special effects by Teisho Arikawa, Eiji Tsuburaya
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Akira Takarada as Yoshimura
- Kumi Mizuno as Daiyo
- Chotaro Togin as Ichino
- Hideo Sunazuka as Nita
- Toru Watanabe as Ryota Kane
- Toru Ibuki as Yata Kane
- Akihiko Hirata as Red Bamboo Captain Ryuui
- Jun Tazaki as Red Bamboo Commander
- Ikio Sawamura as Elderly Slave
- "Pair Bambi" as Shobijin
- Eisei Amamoto as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
- Hisaya Ito as Red Bamboo Scientist
- Tadashi Okabe as Red Bamboo Scientist
- Chieko Nakakita as Mother of Ryota and Yata
- Fumiko Honma as Spiritualist
- Yutaka Sada as Farmer
- Shoichi Hirose as Infant Islander
- Kazuo Suzuki as Infant Islander
- Wataru Omae as Infant Islander
- Kenichiro Maruyama as Infant Islander
- Shigeki Ishida as Newspaper Editor
Appearances
Monsters
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Gallery
- Main article: Gallery:Ebirah, Horror of the Deep.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Soundtrack).
Alternate Titles
- Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Great Duel in the South Seas (Literal Japanese Title)
- Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (United States)
- The Monsters from the Sea (Los monstruos del mar; Spain)
- Godzilla versus the Terror of the Seas (Godzilla contra el terror de los mares; Mexico)
- Ebirah, horror of the seas, versus Godzilla (Ebirah, terror de los mares, vs. Godzilla; Mexico)
- Ebirah, Horror in the Depths! (Ebirah, horror en las profundidades!; Colombia)
- Ebirah versus Godzilla (Ebirah contre Godzilla; France)
- Frankenstein and the Monster from the Ocean (Frankenstein und die ungeheuer aus dem meer; Germany)
- The Return of Godzilla (Il ritorno di Godzilla; Italy)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Godzilla, uhyernes konge; Sweden)
- Ebirah: The Monster of Magic (EBIRAH - POTWOR Z GŁĘBIN; Poland)
- Mothra the Flying Dracula Monster (Motta het vligiende Dracula monster; Holland)
- Ebirah: Monster Island (Ebirah, canavarlar adasi; Turkey)
Theatrical Releases
- Japan - December 17, 1966
- United States - 1968
- Germany - 1969
- France - 1981
U.S. Release
In 1968, the film was released directly to television in North America by the Walter Reade Organization. It was the first Godzilla film to not receive North American theatrical distribution. There were several small alterations made:
- Dialogue was dubbed to English.
- Captain Ryuui's name was changed to Yamoto.
- Deleted: The opening credits sequence. This version features only the title card, Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.
- Deleted: A scene where Ryoto goes to the Maritime Safety office and sees a poster on the wall for a dance contest.
- Deleted: Rock music that played in the Japanese version during Godzilla and Ebirah's battle.
Box Office
When Ebirah, Horror of the Deep was released theatrically in Japan on December 17, 1966, it had an attendance of 3,450,000. When the film was re-issued on July 22, 1972, it received 760,000 attendees, adding up to a total of roughly 4,210,000 tickets sold.
Reception
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep has met with mixed reviews from the Godzilla fanbase, though many have agreed that it's one of the weaker entries in the series.
Video Releases
Toho (2003)
- Released: 2003
- Region: Region 2
- Language: Japanese
Madman (2005)
- Released: 2005
- Region: Region 4
TriStar Pictures (2005)[1]
- Released: February 8, 2005
- Region: Region 1
- Language: Japanese, English
- Format: Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Other Details: 2.35:1 aspect ratio, 83 minutes run time, 1 disc, Japanese and American versions
Kraken Releasing (2014)[2]
- Released: May 6, 2014
- Region: Region 1
- Language: Japanese
- Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
- Other Details: 1.77:1 aspect ratio, 88 minutes run time, 1 disc, version
Kraken Releasing (2014)
- Blu-ray
- Released: May 6, 2014
- Language: Japanese, English
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Trailers
Trivia
- This is the first Godzilla film in which an uncharted island is the primary setting rather than a location inside Japan.
- The film originally didn't involve Godzilla, but was meant for King Kong. That explains why Godzilla was revived by lightning and why the opposing monsters in the film have no special abilities. It may also explain why Godzilla fights Mothra, despite becoming allies previously; because King Kong had never met Mothra.
- The Godzilla suit used for this film is the same "DaisensoGoji" suit used the previous year for Invasion of Astro-Monster, this is the last movie where this suit gets used throughout.
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