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Dogora

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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.

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6.8

A 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

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
  • detective
  • alien
  • space
  • jewelry heist
  • kaiju
  • diamonds
  • tokusatsu

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Ratings

IMDb

5.6/10

1,173 votes

Year
1964
Runtime
83 min
Genres
Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

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Key facts

Film.name
Dogora
Film.image
Dogora 1964.jpg
Film.caption
Theatrical release poster
Film.director
Ishirō Honda
Film.producer
Yasuyoshi TajitsuTomoyuki Tanaka
Film.writer
Jojiro Okami (story)Shinichi Sekizawa
Film.starring
Yosuke NatsukiYōko FujiyamaHiroshi KoizumiNobuo NakamuraRobert DunhamAkiko WakabayashiJun TazakiSusumu FujitaSeizaburô KawazuHideyo Amamoto
Film.music
Akira Ifukube
Film.cinematography
Hajime Koizumi
Film.editing
Ryohei Fujii
Film.studio
Toho
Film.distributor
Toho
Film.runtime
83 minutes
Film.country
Japan
Film.language
Japanese

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Wikidata facts

Duration
83
FilmAffinity ID
888196
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publication date
1964-01-01
title
宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ
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11 sections
Contents
  • Plot
  • Cast
  • Production
  • Writing
  • Filming
  • Special effects
  • US release
  • In popular culture
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

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.

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