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{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series|ratings=y
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|name          =''Agon: Atomic Dragon''
|name          =''Agon''
|dt            =''Agon: Atomic Dragon''
|dt            =''Agon'' (TV 1968)
|image        =アゴン Agon.png
|image        =アゴン Agon.png
|creator      =[[Shinichi Sekizawa]]
|director      =Norio Mine, [[Fuminori Ohashi]]
|producer      =Jo Shiragami, Go Hiroshi
|writer        =[[Shinichi Sekizawa]], Kozo Uchida
|distributor  =[[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]]
|producer      =Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
|genre        =[[Kaiju]]
|composer      =Wataru Saito
|aired        =January 2, [[1968]] - January 5, 1968
|sfx          =[[Fuminori Ohashi]]
|produced      =Nippon Denpa Eiga
|genre        =[[Tokusatsu]], science fiction
|aired        =January 2-5, [[1968]]<ref name="AKK">{{harvnb|Sakai|1990|p=54}}</ref>
|channel      =Fuji TV
|channel      =Fuji TV
|episodes      =4
|episodes      =4{{R|AKK}}<ref name="BEST Mag">{{harvnb|Kodansha|2009|p=67}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Agon''''' {{Nihongo|アゴン}}, also released under the titles '''''Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon}} and '''''Giant Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の大怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon}} and known internationally as '''''Agon: Atomic Dragon''''', is a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[tokusatsu]] miniseries produced by [[Nippon TV|Nippon Television]] that aired from January 2, [[1968]] to January 5, 1968 on Fuji TV. Created by prolific Toho screenwriter [[Shinichi Sekizawa]], it featured a monster suit designed by legendary modeler [[Fuminori Ohashi]]. In the 1980's, Toho Video edited its four episodes into a 96-minute film, which it released on VHS.
'''''Agon''''' {{Nihongo|アゴン}} is a [[1968]] black-and-white [[Japan]]ese [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] miniseries supervised and co-written by prolific [[Toho]] screenwriter [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]. The first half was directed by Norio Mine and written by Sekizawa, while the second half was directed by [[Fuminori Ohashi]] and written by Kozo Uchida. Ohashi also served as the director of special effects on all four episodes. Produced by Nippon Denpa Eiga, the series aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to 5, 1968.{{R|AKK}} It was later edited into a 96-minute film, which [[TOHO Visual Entertainment|Toho Video]] released on VHS in the 1980s.
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==Plot==
==Plot==
When the monster, Agon's presence is first made known when Dr. Ukyo's Geiger counter begins detecting massive amounts of radiation nearby, the monster suddenly rears his ugly head from the surrounding waters, creating a spout of bubbling foam. He lets out multiple blood curdling roars as Goro begins snapping photos. He starts toward land, frightening the onlookers and urging them to duck under cover. Luckily, the supposed monster attack transitions to a mere sighting as Agon disappears into the foam once more. The encounter does not go unheard however, with Goro's pictures being published in the newspapers and making headlines everywhere.
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A short time later, Goro and Detective Yamato are summoned by Dr. Ukyo, in the hopes that he can better explain the monster's motives; not without interruption however from a certain stubborn canine. Once they finally arrive at the National Atomic Energy Center, Dr. Ukyo explains that according to a biology report, Agon was a kind of dinosaur which originally roamed the Earth during the Jurassic period and has become mutated. After further questioning from Goro, Ukyo also reveals that it is very possible Agon could have remained dormant underwater and became irradiated by nuclear bombs. But, their conversation is cut short by an urgent call which turns out to be notifying the lab of an abnormality shown on the Uranium storage checking meter. As the warning lights begin to flicker, Dr. Ukyo realizes what the anomaly really is, and immediately tells the others to follow him. He sprints toward the beach as fast as he can with his partner close behind, Geiger counter in hand. Just as they step foot on the sand, the Geiger begins to detect radiation once more.
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Sure enough, the ground begins to quake and the water begins to bubble as Agon appears. With a bellowing screech, Agon trudges to land, with the humans trying to escape his wrath. Ms. Shizukawa, who broke away earlier to call for the Defense Force, soon comes face-to-face with Agon who bursts through a patch of trees. She does her best to escape, but trips on a tree root and is trapped under a log which Agon knocks over. As he makes his way through the forest, he claims multiple victims, notably by more falling trees. Agon's appearance breaks out complete mayhem as surrounding town residents run for their lives. Meanwhile, Ms. Shizukawa is still in peril; but, the utter force at which Agon's gigantic feet pound the ground as he walks is enough to split the Earth wide open, trapping and instantly killing her.
 
==Episodes==
==Episodes==
#"Agon Appears: Part One"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
#"Agon Appears: Part Two"
! {{tt|No.|Number}} !! Title !! Directed by !! Written by !! Air date
#"Precarious Situation: Part One"
|-
#"Precarious Situation: Part Two"
| 1
| "[[Agon Appears: Part One]]"
| rowspan="2"| Norio Mine
| rowspan="2"| [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]
| 01/02/[[1968]]
|-
| 2
| "[[Agon Appears: Part Two]]"
| 01/03/1968
|-
| 3
| "[[Hanging by a Thread: Part One]]"
| rowspan="2"| [[Fuminori Ohashi]]
| rowspan="2"| Kozo Uchida
| 01/04/1968
|-
| 4
| "[[Hanging by a Thread: Part Two]]"
| 01/05/1968
|}
==Staff==
==Staff==
{{Staffs
{{Staffs
|Directed by=Norio Mine (episodes 1-2), Fuminori Ohashi (episodes 3-4)
|Supervised by|[[Shinichi Sekizawa]]
|Written by=[[Shinichi Sekizawa]] (episodes 1-2), Kozo Uchida (episodes 3-4)
|Directed by|Norio Mine, [[Fuminori Ohashi]]
|Produced by=Go Hiroshi
|Written by|Shinichi Sekizawa, Kozo Uchida
|Executive Producing by=Jo Shiragami
|Produced by|Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
|Cinematography by=Takao Kawarazaki
|Music by|Wataru Saito
|Music by=Wataru Saito
|Sound recording by|Masao Takegawa
|Special Effects by=Fuminori Ohashi
|Cinematography by|Takao Kawarazaki
|Production design by|Seiichi Toriizuka
|Lighting by|Hisao Matsumoto
|Director of special effects|Fuminori Ohashi
|Special effects photographer|Haruki Kageyama
}}
}}
==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Development==
''Agon'' was initially planned as a series of 26, 30-minute episodes entitled ''Atomic Monster Agon''.{{R|BEST Mag}}
==Production==
Four episodes of ''Agon'' were completed by [[1964]]. However, [[Toho]] used the no-compete clause in creator [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]'s contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing [[Agon]]'s resemblance to [[Godzilla]].{{sfn|Derendorf|2018|p=60}}
==Alternate titles==
*'''''Atomic Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|原子怪獣アゴン|Genshi Kaijū Agon|planned title}}{{R|BEST Mag}}
*'''''Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|怪獣アゴン|Kaijū Agon|erroneous title}}{{R|AKK}}
*'''''Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon|Japanese VHS/Betamax title}}
*'''''Giant Phantom Monster Agon''''' {{Nihongo|幻の大怪獣アゴン|Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon|Japanese DVD title}}
*'''''Agon: Atomic Dragon''''' (English title on Japanese VHS)
*'''''Atomic Dragon''''' (English title on Japanese DVD)
==Video releases==
==Video releases==
'''King Records''' DVD (2005)
'''King Records''' DVD (2005)
*Region: 2
*'''Region:''' 2
*Discs: 2
*'''Discs:''' 2
*Audio: Japanese
*'''Audio:''' Japanese
*Subtitles: None
*'''Subtitles:''' None
*Special Features: Audio commentary, interviews
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary, interviews
'''TC Entertainment''' Blu-Ray (2017)
 
*Region: A/1
'''TC Entertainment''' Blu-ray (2017)
*Discs: 1
*'''Region:''' A/1
*Audio: Japanese
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Subtitles: None
*'''Audio:''' Japanese
*Special Features: None
*'''Subtitles:''' None
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*'''Special features:''' None
==Trivia==
*'''Notes:''' Cropped to 1.78:1.
*Although four episodes of ''Agon: Atomic Dragon'' were complete by [[1964]], [[Toho]] used the no-compete clause in creator [[Shinichi Sekizawa]]'s contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing [[Agon]]'s resemblance to [[Godzilla]].<ref name="">{{cite book|title=Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies |author=Kevin Derendorf |date=2018 |publisher=Maser Press |page=60 |isbn=9781983293771}}</ref>
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Agon dvd cover.jpg|King Records DVD
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==References==
==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{cite book|title=[[All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume)]]|editor-last=Sakai|editor-first=Yukio|date=24 March 1990|publisher=Keibunsha|isbn=4-7669-0962-3}}
*{{Cite book|title=[[We Loved It: Tokusatsu Heroes BEST Magazine]]|date=22 April 2009|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|isbn=978-4-06-375707-1|ref={{harvid|Kodansha|2009}}}}
*{{cite book|title=[[Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies]]|last=Derendorf|first=Kevin|date=2018|publisher=Maser Press|isbn=9781983293771}}
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 1 March 2024

Agon
Agon (series)
Air date January 2-5, 1968[1]
Directed by Norio Mine, Fuminori Ohashi
Producer(s) Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
Written by Shinichi Sekizawa, Kozo Uchida
Music by Wataru Saito
Special
effects by 		Fuminori Ohashi
Production company Nippon Denpa Eiga
Channel(s) Fuji TV
Genre(s) Tokusatsu, science fiction
Episodes 4[1][2]
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Agon (アゴン) is a 1968 black-and-white Japanese tokusatsu kaiju miniseries supervised and co-written by prolific Toho screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa. The first half was directed by Norio Mine and written by Sekizawa, while the second half was directed by Fuminori Ohashi and written by Kozo Uchida. Ohashi also served as the director of special effects on all four episodes. Produced by Nippon Denpa Eiga, the series aired on Fuji TV from January 2 to 5, 1968.[1] It was later edited into a 96-minute film, which Toho Video released on VHS in the 1980s.

Plot

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Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Air date
1 "Agon Appears: Part One" Norio Mine Shinichi Sekizawa 01/02/1968
2 "Agon Appears: Part Two" 01/03/1968
3 "Hanging by a Thread: Part One" Fuminori Ohashi Kozo Uchida 01/04/1968
4 "Hanging by a Thread: Part Two" 01/05/1968

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Supervised by   Shinichi Sekizawa
  • Directed by   Norio Mine, Fuminori Ohashi
  • Written by   Shinichi Sekizawa, Kozo Uchida
  • Produced by   Tsuneyasu Matsumoto
  • Music by   Wataru Saito
  • Sound recording by   Masao Takegawa
  • Cinematography by   Takao Kawarazaki
  • Production design by   Seiichi Toriizuka
  • Lighting by   Hisao Matsumoto
  • Director of special effects   Fuminori Ohashi
  • Special effects photographer   Haruki Kageyama

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Shinji Hirota   as   Goro Sumoto
  • Asao Matsumoto   as   Detective Yamato
  • Yasuhiko Shima   as   Dr. Ukyo
  • Akemi Sawa   as   Satsuki Shizukawa
  • Yoshihiro Kobayashi   as   Monta
  • Etsuji Azuma   as   Agon

Appearances

Monsters

Development

Agon was initially planned as a series of 26, 30-minute episodes entitled Atomic Monster Agon.[2]

Production

Four episodes of Agon were completed by 1964. However, Toho used the no-compete clause in creator Shinichi Sekizawa's contract to prevent them from being broadcast for four years, citing Agon's resemblance to Godzilla.[3]

Alternate titles

  • Atomic Monster Agon (原子怪獣アゴン,   Genshi Kaijū Agon, planned title)[2]
  • Monster Agon (怪獣アゴン,   Kaijū Agon, erroneous title)[1]
  • Phantom Monster Agon (幻の怪獣アゴン,   Maboroshi no Kaijū Agon, Japanese VHS/Betamax title)
  • Giant Phantom Monster Agon (幻の大怪獣アゴン,   Maboroshi no Daikaijū Agon, Japanese DVD title)
  • Agon: Atomic Dragon (English title on Japanese VHS)
  • Atomic Dragon (English title on Japanese DVD)

Video releases

King Records DVD (2005)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 2
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: Audio commentary, interviews

TC Entertainment Blu-ray (2017)

  • Region: A/1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Subtitles: None
  • Special features: None
  • Notes: Cropped to 1.78:1.
  • King Records DVD

    King Records DVD

References

This is a list of references for Agon (series). These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sakai 1990, p. 54
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kodansha 2009, p. 67
  3. ↑ Derendorf 2018, p. 60.

Bibliography

  • Sakai, Yukio, ed. (24 March 1990). All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume). Keibunsha. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
  • We Loved It: Tokusatsu Heroes BEST Magazine. Kodansha. 22 April 2009. ISBN 978-4-06-375707-1.
  • Derendorf, Kevin (2018). Kaiju for Hipsters: 101 "Alternative" Giant Monster Movies. Maser Press. ISBN 9781983293771.

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