Dogora
Also known as Dagora the Space Monster
is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan.
Film · TMDB
6.8A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Released: 1964-08-1183 minDir: Ishirō HondaScience Fiction, Crime, Horror
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Cast
- Robert Dunham as Mark Jackson
- Yōsuke Natsuki as Inspector Komei
- Yōko Fujiyama as Masayo
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Kirino
- Susumu Fujita as General Iwasa
- Jun Tazaki as Chief Inspector
Themes
- japan
- monster
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is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan.
Dogora was released theatrically in Japan on August 11, 1964. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1966 by American International Television, under the title Dagora, the Space Monster.