Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘 (1966)

Timing: 1:27 (87 min)

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Release date

1966-12-17

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO

Genre

Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy

Budget

$0

Revenue

$3 000 000

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Director

Jun Fukuda

Actors

Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chōtarō Tōgin, Hideo Sunazuka, Tōru Ibuki, Akihiko Hirata, Jun Tazaki, Toru Watanabe, Ikio Sawamura, Yuko Okada
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Scenario

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Operator

Kazuo Yamada

Composer

Masaru Satō

Artist

Audition

Editing

Ryôhei Fujii
All team (19)

• This is the seventh Godzilla film, the fourth featuring Mothra, and the first to include Ebirah and a giant condor.
• The original title of the film is “Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Great Battle in the South Seas”.
• In 1967, the film was remade by Americans and became approximately five minutes shorter. Some scenes were removed, dialogues were cut, and the subtitles were translated into English.
• The battle scenes in the ocean were filmed in a specially built water-filled pool.
• The film's slogan is, "There's one lobster you wouldn't want to order."
• In Japan, the film was seen in theaters by 3,450,000 viewers.
• In Germany, the film was released under the title "Frankenstein and the Monster from the Sea" (Frankenstein's monster was added to the plot).
• The giant condor Oocondor is a parody of the American film "The Giant Claw" (1957), which featured a titanic flying bird.
• Initially, King Kong was supposed to be the main monster of the film, but the Toho film company ultimately replaced him with Godzilla – a more famous film monster of that time. However, the Kong costume had already been made, so it was later used in the film "King Kong Escapes" (1967). Nevertheless, the plot as a whole remained unchanged, so Godzilla behaves unusually here and is a positive character.
• The original title of the film was “Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Great Battle in the South Seas.”
• Initially, King Kong was supposed to be the main monster of the film, but Toho ultimately replaced him with Godzilla – a more famous cinematic monster of that time. However, the Kong costume had already been made, so it was later used in the film “Escape of King Kong” (1967). Nevertheless, the plot as a whole remained largely unchanged, so Godzilla behaves unusually here and is a positive character.