The War of the Gargantuas

The War of the Gargantuas(1966)

G
07/31/1966 (US)Action, Horror, Science Fiction1h 28m
6.4

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

Overview

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.

Ishirō Honda

Director

Reuben Bercovitch

Story

Takeshi Kimura

Screenplay

Ishirō Honda

Screenplay

Mary Shelley

Characters

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Part of the Frankenstein (Toho) Collection

During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle. An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.

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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

The War of the Gargantuas (1966) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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The MANY VERSIONS of War of the Gargantuas (1966)

The MANY VERSIONS of War of the Gargantuas (1966)

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Dana Gould on THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS

Dana Gould on THE WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS

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