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Space Amoeba

ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣

  • Status: Released
  • 01-08-1970
  • Runtime: 84 min
  • Score: 6.36
  • Vote count: 50

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Akira Kubo

Taro Kudo

Yukiko Kobayashi

Saki, native girl

Atsuko Takahashi

Ayako Hoshino

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dr. Kyoichi Mida

Tetsu Nakamura

Chieftain Ombo

Sachio Sakai

The Editor (uncredited)

Kenji Sahara

Makoto Obata

Yū Fujiki

Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)

Noritake Saito

Rico, the guide (uncredited)

Chōtarō Tōgin

Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)

Wataru Ōmae

Sakura (uncredited)

Yukihiko Gondō

Islander (uncredited)

Shigeo Katō

Islander (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

Islander (uncredited)

Yûko Sugihara

Stewardess (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Gezora / Ganimes

Haruyoshi Nakamura

Kamoebas

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This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!