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Kaitei gunkan

Kaitei gunkan

1963Movie⏱️ 1h 34mTV-Y7
AdventureFantasySci-Fi
5.8
IMDB Rating
1,759 votes

When an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.

Director
N/A
Writers
Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Shunrô Oshikawa, Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Stars
Tadao Takashima, Yôko Fujiyama, Yû Fujiki
Release Date
March 11, 1965
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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🎭 Top Cast

Tadao Takashima
Tadao Takashima
as Commercial Photographer Susumu Hatanaka
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Yôko Fujiyama
as Makoto Jinguji, the Captain's Daughter
Yû Fujiki
Yû Fujiki
as Yoshito Nishibe
Kenji Sahara
Kenji Sahara
as Uoto Unno - Journalist
Ken Uehara
Ken Uehara
as Retired Admiral Kusumi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Detective Itô
Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki
as Captain Hachiro Jinguji
Yoshifumi Tajima
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Tome 'Amano' Amanoshome
Akihiko Hirata
Akihiko Hirata
as Mu Agent #23
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto
as High Priest of Mu

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Toho

🏷️ Keywords

kaijutokusatsubeatnik reporterfashionable reporteruntrustworthy reporter

🎯 Categories

JapaneseKaijuSupernatural FantasyAdventureFantasySci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

A Fun Mu-vie
by ferbs542008-07-16
7/10

"The evil empire of Mu had sunk to the depths of the Pacific around 10,000 B.C., but, as the 1963 Japanese film "Atragon" shows us, by the year 1965 its people were alive and well, surviving on the ocean floor and ready to conquer the surface lands once again. After Hong Kong and Venice are destroyed, it seems that only the supersub Atragon might be able to save the nations of Earth from the Mu menace, and so a team is dispatched to locate its renegade Capt. Jinguji, a superpatriot for whom World War II has never ended.... Anyway, "Atragon" is a very fine example of a "..."

💡 Did You Know?

Media Blasters had originally intended to release the DVD of the film with not only the original Japanese version, but with the American International version, which was dubbed by Titra sound. However, when Toho heard their plans, they refused to give them permission, unless they put their internationally dubbed version on instead. Media Blasters acquiesced and the AIP version still has not had a proper DVD release.

📖 Synopsis

When an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.