Taro Kudo
Akira Kubo
Taro Kudo

“An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!”
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Taro Kudo
Akira Kubo
Taro Kudo
Saki, native girl
Yukiko Kobayashi
Saki, native girl
Ayako Hoshino
Atsuko Takahashi
Ayako Hoshino
Dr. Kyoichi Mida
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Kyoichi Mida
Chieftain Ombo
Tetsu Nakamura
Chieftain Ombo
The Editor (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
The Editor (uncredited)
Makoto Obata
Kenji Sahara
Makoto Obata
Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)
Yū Fujiki
Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)
Rico, the guide (uncredited)
Noritake Saito
Rico, the guide (uncredited)
Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)
Chōtarō Tōgin
Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)
Sakura (uncredited)
Wataru Ōmae
Sakura (uncredited)
Islander (uncredited)
Yukihiko Gondō
Islander (uncredited)
This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!
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