Latitude zero film, dvd japanese and american versions. The full title for all monsters attack is godzillaminillagabara. The film was also reedited in the 70s as part of tohos champion festival. Kaiju is a japanese word literally meaning strange beast, but is usually translated as monster, which is its english equivalent.
Latitude zero 0, ido zero daisakusen, is a 1969 science fiction film. Theres so much money and talent wasted, and it comes across as a bad power rangers episode with plastic acting by. Latitude zero is based on a stage drama by fernando bonassi that was a major hit in brazil. Eiji tsuburaya, tsuburaya eiji born eiichi tsumuraya, tsumuraya eiichi.
After reading this book, i learned more about biking and bike culture, ecuador and its sights, and how teenagers view, use, and feel about media. Like many of my geeky colleagues, i enjoy watching science fiction movies. The toho release used an american writer and a number of hollywood name stars, all for a lavishly appointed fantasy pitched at a numbingly juvenile level. Jules masson masumi okada, a french geologist, and perry lawton. One radioactive monster is up to the task of assisting the people he loves. Latitude zero 1970 cast and crew an ageless submarine captain joseph cotten ferries three explorers to an underwater colony threatened by a villain cesar romero. Note that the movie doesnt have to focus on the science fiction element, but just include it in the story. Latitude zero is an oftenoverlooked film in hondas impressive body of work and was made by toho studios with a japanese crew and american producers and writers. Ido zero daisakusen latitude zero akira ifukube latitude attitude 1969 i was flabbergasted by how bad movie this really was, and its not hardly worth a mention here. Latitude zero 26jul1969 destroy all monsters 1aug1968 king kong escapes 22jul1967 the war of the gargantuas 1966 godzilla vs. A race against time and tide begins as americans and the japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing japan.
Similarly the japanese title for latitude zero is operation latitude zero. Cotten has his hands full as a captain nemoesque commander of the super sub. As the defender of the japanese nation, godzilla unites with mothra and rodan to counter the onslaught of ghidorahs. It also awakens the most lethal monsters on earth while they hibernate. Lattitude zero 1969 japanese version internet archive. Rodan emerges from its slumber in a deep japanese mine.
Latitude zero is a book that takes you into subjects that many do not know much about. The international titles are listed when available. Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, japan is slowly sinking into the sea. Latitude zero 1969 wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia. Daijiro tsutsumi, jun hashizume, yu hayami, tetsur tanba based on a story by kunio yanagida, zero fighter is an unusual world war ii film told through the eyes of the men who developed and built the devasting zero fighter planes used to bomb pearl harbor and by the kamikaze pilots who fought and died in them. By default, the list is in chronological order for their japanese release with toho produced movies first. Although this movie is somewhat cheesy, it is very. Mark deming, rovi a woman discovers she loves a man in a uniform much to her regret in this drama. Although the term kaiju can be used to describe any monster, this list only includes productions that feature those that are much larger than humans daikaijus like godzilla, mothra and rodan. No weapon that man possesses can defend against this prehistoric beast and his devastating aerial attack. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named the alpha under the command of captain mckenzie. Latitude zero 1969 trailer japanese version youtube. A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger.
Ride in the whirlwind western starring jack nicholson, free full movie, english youtube movies duration. The film stars both american and japanese actors including joseph cotten. Latitude zero is an oftenoverlooked film in hondas impressive body of. And so, naturally, here are my top ten submarines that appear in science fiction movies. Mike horn latitude 0 the film english version youtube. The story was written by ted sherdeman, writer of the 1954 sciencefiction film them. A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200 year old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. Malic cesar romero, the joker from tvs batman wishes to kidnap and experiment on the scientists in order to add to his roster of superintelligent. The film was released to japanese theaters on july 26, 1969, and to american. Qualifying purchases could enjoy no interest if paid in.
Heres the japanese version of latitude zero with english subtitles. The captain takes the crew to a secret underwater utopia called latitude zero that is dedicated to the preservation and protection of mankind. Latitude zero 1970 an ageless submarine captain joseph cotten ferries three explorers to an underwater colony threatened by a villain cesar romero. Earths greatest battle, is a 1964 japanese science fiction kaiju film in which after a meteorite unleashes a threeheaded beast upon tokyo and.
With lorne greene, keiju kobayashi, rhonda leigh hopkins, hiroshi fujioka. When a volcano erupts, a deepsea vessel full of scientists suffers damage and begins to lose control. It terrorizes the country with incredible stealth and an army of bloodthirsty insect mutants at its command. Cesar romero and richard jaeckelthen hollywood actors well known to japanese fans latitude zero was tohos attempt to make an international film. Generally speaking, a kaiju film is any film that is made in the east japan and other asian. While there are patches where they were dubbed over, the japanese cast members mostly speak in their own voices. Produced by the same film company toho studies that made all those godzilla movies.
Okada is kidnapped m19 20 the bath of immunity m20 21 malik and dr. It was directed by ishiro honda and written by ted sherdeman, based on his radio serial of the same name. Welcome to resort latitude zero surfing as youve always dreamed it should be. With akira takarada, joseph cotten, cesar romero, richard jaeckel. Isoroku yamamoto, architect of the raid on pearl harbor, against u.
Latitude zero opens with narration, explaining to the viewer that a japanese research vessel has come to the equator to investigate something called the cromwell current, and where we find a bathysphere containing dr. An underwater volcano erupts and causes the cable to snap huddling the bathosphere into the ocean depths. Monster zero 19dec1965 frankenstein conquers the world 8aug1965 ghidrah, the threeheaded monster 20dec1964 dagora, the space monster 11aug1964 godzilla vs. Ghidorah, the threeheaded monster, released in japan as san daikaiju. She then worked her way from exploitation films like coffy 1973 to a majorstudio role in the drowning pool 1976. Top ten submarines in science fiction movies james d. The film stars both american and japanese actors including joseph cotten, cesar romero, akira takarada, masumi okada, richard jaeckel, patricia medina, and akihiko hirata. Whats great about these japanese movies is that they show that they dont take themselves too seriously. The incredible circumnavigation of the planet earth by mike horn a film by mike horn and didier lafond music by francois daime. The nautilus from 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954 handsdown the most awesome submarine in any movie of any. The newer vhs trailers narrator is absolutely chill about the whole thing lol.
Her sullen intensity and incredible cheekbones always made a major impression, and she was perfectly cast as william devanes. July 7, 1901 january 25, 1970, in sukagawa, fukushima was a japanese special effects director responsible for many japanese sciencefiction films and television series, being one of the cocreators for the godzilla series, as well as the main creator of the ultra series. I would facetiously suggest that instead we play latitude zero. The battle of midway took place between june 47, 1942, and pitted japanese adm. Linda haynes certainly did everything right in her career, despite debuting in the cheapo japanese production latitude zero 1969. Not exactly a kaiju or a full feature, but the mummy in the ultraman episode is, without a doubt, the single goofiest, most ridiculous, most laughable monster ever devised by the minds of professional japanese movie monster makers. Below is a list of all the live action toho films that feature a kaiju. All models were 18 years of age or older at the time of depiction. Japan where directors were often given full control of the movies they. Latitude zero 1969 linda haynes and masumi okada in latitude zero 1969. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as latitude zero, a fantastic, atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. This list is live action only, animated films are not included.
Frankenstein conquers the world may be an odd japanesemade international coproduction, but 1969s latitude zero is twice as strange. I always thought the japanese version was great because it trimmed the fat off. It was directed by ishiro honda with special effects by eiji tsuburaya his last sciencefiction film. On todays show nic and i will be talking about a japanese science fiction and fantasy film latitude zero ido zero daisakusen, 1969 directed by ishiro honda.
Latitude zero 1969 trailer english version youtube. Ironically, the griffin in that same series even in the same episode, i think was one of the best designed tohoesque kaiju ever, imo. An unexpected volcanic eruption causes an advanced submarine to take refuge in a secret underwater city in this japanese scifi adventure. I had a friend who would want to play the game apartment zero which was his name for the game played by the characters in that movie.
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