Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
Gojira · Ebira · Mosura Nankai no daikettô (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 27min
- Action, Adventure
- 1969 (USA)
- Movie
A young man searching for his brother steals a boat that shipwrecks on Letchi island, where terrorists have enslaved the Infant Island natives. Discovering Godzilla asleep, he and some others decide to awaken him to liberate the natives.
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Cast
| Akira Takarada | ... |
Yoshimura
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| Kumi Mizuno | ... |
Daiyo
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| Chôtarô Tôgin | ... |
Ichino
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Hideo Sunazuka | ... |
Nita
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Tôru Ibuki | ... |
Yata Kane
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| Akihiko Hirata | ... |
Captain Yamoto
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| Jun Tazaki | ... |
Red Bamboo Commander
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| Tôru Watanabe | ... |
Ryôta Kane
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| Ikio Sawamura | ... |
Elderly Slave
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| Pair Bambi | ... |
Mothra's Little Beauties
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| Hideyo Amamoto | ... |
Red Bamboo Naval Officer
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| Hisaya Itô | ... |
Red Bamboo Scientist #1
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Tadashi Okabe | ... |
Red Bamboo Scientist #2
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| Kazuo Suzuki | ... |
Escaped Slave
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| Shôichi Hirose | ... |
Escaped Slave
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| Noriko Honma | ... |
Spiritualist
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| Chieko Nakakita | ... |
Mrs. Kane
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Seiji Ikeda | ... |
Farmer
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| Yutaka Sada | ... |
Farmer
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Wataru Ômae | ... |
Newspaper Reporter
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Ken'ichirô Maruyama | ... |
Newspaper Reporter
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Shigeki Ishida | ... |
Newspaper Editor
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Rinsaku Ogata | ... |
Guard
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Yoshio Katsube | ... |
Red Bamboo Soldier / Native
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| Haruo Nakajima | ... |
Gojira
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Yû Sekita | ... |
Ebirah
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Hideo Shibuya | ... |
Maritime Officer
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Shigeo Katô | ... |
Native of Infant Island
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Eisaburo Komatsu | ... |
Akaitake Crew Member
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Kôichi Satô | ... |
Akaitake Crew Member
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Kamayuki Tsubono | ... |
Aboriginal of Infant Island
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Directed by
| Jun Fukuda | ||
Written by
| Shin'ichi Sekizawa | ... | () |
Produced by
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Masaru Satô | ||
Cinematography by
| Kazuo Yamada | ||
Editing by
| Ryôhei Fujii | ||
| Ishirô Honda | ... | (1972 Champion Festival reissue) |
Production Design by
| Takeo Kita | ||
Art Direction by
| Takeo Kita | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ken Sano | ... | chief assistant director |
Art Department
| Hiroshi Omura | ... | conceptual artist |
| Teizô Toshimitsu | ... | special effects suit designer |
Sound Department
| Minoru Kaneyama | ... | sound effects editor |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | ... | sound effects |
| Shoichi Yoshizawa | ... | sound recordist |
Special Effects by
| Fumio Nakadai | ... | special effects scene manipulation |
| Teruyoshi Nakano | ... | assistant director of special effects |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | ... | director of special effects |
| Akira Watanabe | ... | art director of special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Sadamasa Arikawa | ... | director of special effects photography |
| Sadao Iizuda | ... | optical photography |
| Sadao Iizuka | ... | visual effects |
| Kyuichirô Kishida | ... | special effects lighting |
| Yukio Manoda | ... | optical photographer |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | ... | matte process |
| Sokei Tomioka | ... | director of special effects photography |
| Taka Yuki | ... | director of special effects photography |
Stunts
| Haruo Nakajima | ... | stunt choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Kiichi Onda | ... | lighting technician |
| Issei Tanaka | ... | still photographer |
Additional Crew
| Peter Fernandez | ... | voice director: English version |
| William Ross | ... | English dubbing |
| Peter Fernandez | ... | voice dubbing: Tôru Watanabe (uncredited) |
| Hal Linden | ... | voice dubbing: (uncredited) |
| Corinne Orr | ... | voice dubbing (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Walter Reade Organization (1967) (United States) (tv)
- Orb Films (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Constantin Film (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Continental Distributing (1969) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Esclusività Grandi Films (EGF) (1970) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Exclusivos Triunfo (1981) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Zjednoczenie Rozpowszechniania Filmów (1978) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Film Ventures International (FVI) (1990) (United States) (tv)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- Kraken Releasing (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Kraken Releasing (2014) (United States) (DVD)
- Section 23 Films (2014) (United States) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Sterling Educational Films (1969) (United States) (tv)
- The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Titan Productions (english dubbing)
- Toho Studios (sound stages)
- Waxwork Records (soundtrack available from)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Ryota is a young man searching for his missing brother, Yata. He joins up with his friends Nita and Ichino as they sneak on board a ship supposedly belonging to Yoshimura, a career criminal escaping from the authorities. As the group sets sail, they are caught in a storm and attacked by a monstrous crustacean. Shipwrecked on Letchi Island, they find that the natives of Mothra's Infant Island have been enslaved by a terrorist organization called the Red Bamboo. The terrorists force the natives to process a juice that holds off the monster crustacean, Ebirah. The men meet up with a native escapee named Daiyo as they stumble upon Godzilla sleeping on the island. The groups sets up a plan to awaken Godzilla to defeat the Red Bamboo terrorists and liberate the natives.
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| Taglines | This is one lobster you don't want to order! See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $1,200,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $3,129,053 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was originally written to star King Kong, as Rankin/Bass Productions had provided Toho with the license to the character in order to produce a tie-in film for Toei's animated TV series The King Kong Show (1966), which they co-produced. However, Rankin/Bass rejected the original treatment, as they wanted director Ishirô Honda to helm the film. Toho insisted on Jun Fukuda and after Rankin/Bass backed out, Toho decided to replace King Kong with Godzilla. Toho and Rankin/Bass would then go on to co-produce King Kong Escapes (1967), a film that was more in line with what Rankin/Bass wanted. See more » |
| Goofs | At the end of the film, as Mothra flies back to Infant Island, the large net she is carrying with her feet with the humans inside it is missing. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into All Monsters Attack (1969). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Samashite Mosura See more » |
| Crazy Credits | For the Columbia/Tri-Star U.S. DVD release of the film, which uses the original uncut Japanese version of it, its English-language credits list the noted composer Masaru Satô as "Mararu Sato." See more » |
| Quotes |
Daiyo:
Mothra... Awaken, hear us. See more » |