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|runtime | |rating =Unrated | ||
|aspectratio =2.35:1 | |runtime =81 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 21 minutes)}}<br />79 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br />{{Small|(1 hour, 19 minutes)}} | ||
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'''''Dogora''''' {{Nihongo|宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ|Uchū Daikaijū Dogora|lit. ''Giant Space Monster Dogora''}} is a [[1964]] [[tokusatsu]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|kaiju film]] produced by [[Toho|Toho Company Ltd.]] It was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on August 11, 1964. | '''''Dogora''''' {{Nihongo|宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ|Uchū Daikaijū Dogora|lit. ''Giant Space Monster Dogora''}} is a [[1964]] [[tokusatsu]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|kaiju film]] produced by [[Toho|Toho Company Ltd.]] It was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on August 11, 1964. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{Stub}} | |||
After a giant jellyfish-like alien called [[Dogora]] comes to [[Earth]] and sucks up all the coal in the [[Tokyo]] area, a band of citizens, including a scientist, a diamond broker and a police inspector, band together to try and find a way to kill it after missiles and shells prove ineffective. After several attacks, the main characters find that wasp venom can be used to kill the beast. An artificial substance of equal power is hastily manufactured and after a long while, the mammoth Dogora is finally defeated. | After a giant jellyfish-like alien called [[Dogora]] comes to [[Earth]] and sucks up all the coal in the [[Tokyo]] area, a band of citizens, including a scientist, a diamond broker and a police inspector, band together to try and find a way to kill it after missiles and shells prove ineffective. After several attacks, the main characters find that wasp venom can be used to kill the beast. An artificial substance of equal power is hastily manufactured and after a long while, the mammoth Dogora is finally defeated. | ||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
{{Main|Dogora (film)/Credits}} | |||
{{Staffs | {{Staffs | ||
|Directed by | |Directed by|[[Ishiro Honda]] | ||
| | |Screenplay by|[[Shinichi Sekizawa]] | ||
|Produced by | |Story by|Jojiro Okami | ||
|Music by | |Produced by|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | ||
|Cinematography by | |Music by|[[Akira Ifukube]] | ||
|Edited by | |Cinematography by|Hajime Koizumi | ||
|Production Design by | |Edited by|Ryohei Fuji | ||
|Assistant | |Production Design by|Takeo Kita | ||
|Special Effects by=[[Eiji Tsuburaya]] | |Assistant Director|Ken Sano | ||
|Special Effects by=[[Eiji Tsuburaya]], [[Teruyoshi Nakano]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast | ||
|[[Yosuke Natsuki]]|Komai | |[[Yosuke Natsuki]]|Komai | ||
|Yoko Fujiyama|Masayo Kirino, Dr. Munakata's assistant | |||
|[[Hiroshi Koizumi]]|Kirino | |||
|Akiko Wakabayashi|Hamako, Diamond thief | |||
|Nobuo Nakamura|Dr. Munakata | |Nobuo Nakamura|Dr. Munakata | ||
|[[ | |Seizaburo Kawazu|Chief Diamond thief | ||
|[[Robert Dunham]] (as "Dan Yuma")|[[Mark Jackson]] | |||
|Susumu Fujita|Defense Force Executive Officer Iwasa | |||
|Susumu Fujita|Defense Force Executive Officer | |[[Jun Tazaki]]|Police chief | ||
| | |||
|[[Yoshibumi Tajima]]|Tada, Thief | |[[Yoshibumi Tajima]]|Tada, Thief | ||
|[[Hideyo Amamoto]]|Maki, Thief | |[[Hideyo Amamoto]]|Maki, Thief | ||
| | |Nadao Kirino|Gen, Thief | ||
| | |Akira Wakamatsu|Matsu, Thief | ||
|Haruya Kato|Sabu, Thief | |||
|Jun Funado|Detective Nitta | |Jun Funado|Detective Nitta | ||
|Yasuhisa Tsutsumi|Ginza policeman | |||
|Koji Iwamoto|Dr. Munekata's assistant | |||
|Mitsuo Tsuda|Defense Corps executive | |||
|Takuzo Kumagai|Defense Corps executive | |||
|Chotaro Togin|Coal truck driver | |||
|[[Shoichi Hirose]]|Thermal power plant staff | |||
|Yutaka Nakayama|Coal truck assistant | |||
|Yoshiyuki Uemura|Diamond transport, passenger | |||
|Shiro Tsuchiya|Thermal power plant staff | |||
|Jiro Tsuzukawa|Thermal power plant staff | |||
|Haruya Sakamoto|Diamond transport, driver | |||
|Hideo Shibuya|Journalist | |Hideo Shibuya|Journalist | ||
|Yutaka Oka|Transport company manager | |||
|Ichiro Chiba|Tenpodo staff | |||
|Shinjiro Hirota|Tenpodo staff | |||
|Toku Ihara|Drunk | |||
|Tadashi Okabe|Ginza policeman | |||
|Wataru Omae|Radio lab researcher | |||
|Koji Uno|Thermal power plant worker | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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*[[Dogora]] | *[[Dogora]] | ||
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===Weapons, | ===Weapons, vehicles, and races=== | ||
*[[Spray Tank]] | *[[Spray Tank]] | ||
*[[Mitsubishi F-86F Sabre|F-86 Sabre]] | *[[Mitsubishi F-86F Sabre|F-86 Sabre]] | ||
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==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
{{Main|Dogora (Soundtrack)}} | {{Main|Dogora (Soundtrack)}} | ||
==Alternate | ==Alternate titles== | ||
*'''''Giant Space Monster Dogora''''' (''Uchū Daikaijū Dogora'', | *'''''Giant Space Monster Dogora''''' (''Uchū Daikaijū Dogora'', literal Japanese title) | ||
*'''''Space Monster Dogora''''' (English Japanese | *'''''Space Monster Dogora''''' (English Japanese title) | ||
*'''''Dagora, the Space Monster''''' ([[United States]]) | *'''''Dagora, the Space Monster''''' ([[United States]]) | ||
*'''''X 3000 - Phantoms Against Gangsters''''' (''X 3000 - Fantome gegen Gangster'', Germany) | |||
*'''''Dogora: The Monster from the Great Swamp''''' (''Dogora: Il Mostro Della Grande Palude'', Italy) | *'''''Dogora: The Monster from the Great Swamp''''' (''Dogora: Il Mostro Della Grande Palude'', Italy) | ||
==[[United States|U.S.]] | ==[[United States|U.S.]] release== | ||
Toho had an English language version of | [[Toho]] had an English-language version of ''Dogora'' prepared<ref name="Craig">{{cite book|title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography|author=Craig, Rob|date=2019|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|pages=109, 429|isbn= 9781476666310}}</ref> in [[Hong Kong]] by Ted Thomas's Axis Productions.<ref name="Homenick, Brett">[https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2017/05/17/man-of-a-thousand-voices-hong-kong-voice-actor-ted-thomas-on-his-prolific-dubbing-career/ MAN OF A THOUSAND VOICES! Hong Kong Voice Actor Ted Thomas on His Prolific Dubbing Career!]</ref> Because [[Robert Dunham]] primarily spoke Japanese for his role in the film, his voice was dubbed into English by another actor.<ref name="Ryfle">{{cite book|title=Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G"|author=Ryfle, Steve|date=1998|publisher=ECW Press|page=187|isbn=9781550223484}}</ref> | ||
In April [[1965]], ''Dogora'' played at the Toho Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Japanese with English subtitles. A newspaper ad in the ''Honolulu Advertiser'' referred to it as ''Space Monster Dogora''. | In April [[1965]], ''Dogora'' played at the Toho Theatre in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], in Japanese with English subtitles. A newspaper ad in the ''Honolulu Advertiser'' referred to it as ''Space Monster Dogora''.<ref name="Space Monster Dogora">[[File:Fullscreen capture 5172017 42925 PM.bmp.jpg|150px]]</ref> | ||
''Dogora'' was licensed for [[United States|U.S.]] release to American International Pictures. Its television unit, American International Television, first offered the film to television stations as ''Dagora, the Space Monster'' in the "Amazing '66" syndication package starting in 1965.<ref name="Craig"/> It would later be included in AITV's "SciFi 65" package.<ref name="Craig"/> ''Dogora'' was not re-dubbed for AITV's release; this version featured no on-screen credits of any kind, only the new opening title.<ref name="Craig"/> | ''Dogora'' was licensed for [[United States|U.S.]] release to American International Pictures. Its television unit, American International Television, first offered the film to television stations as ''Dagora, the Space Monster'' in the "Amazing '66" syndication package starting in 1965.<ref name="Craig"/> It would later be included in AITV's "SciFi 65" package.<ref name="Craig"/> ''Dogora'' was not re-dubbed for AITV's release; this version featured no on-screen credits of any kind, only the new opening title.<ref name="Craig"/> | ||
As ''Dagora, the Space Monster | As ''Dagora, the Space Monster'', the film was never officially issued on home video, although unlicensed copies from Video Yesteryear were produced in the 1980's and 90's.<ref name="Video Yesteryear">[[File:1997-11-25 Monsters on the March Video Yesteryear ad.png|150px]]</ref> Media Blasters released the film on DVD on July 15, 2005 under its Tokyo Shock label; audio options on the disc included the original Japanese audio with removable English subtitles and the original Toho international dub.<ref name="Henshin!Online">[http://web.archive.org/web/20050403172156/http://www.henshinonline.com/ DVD FIRST LOOK: Media Blasters' VARAN and DOGORA]</ref> | ||
==Video releases== | |||
== | '''Tokyo Shock''' DVD (2005) | ||
*Region: 1 | *Region: 1 | ||
*Discs: 1 | *Discs: 1 | ||
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*Notes: Out of print. Picture is slightly cropped.<ref name="TK">[http://www.tohokingdom.com/dvd/dogora_ts.htm DVD: Dogora (Tokyo Shock)]</ref> | *Notes: Out of print. Picture is slightly cropped.<ref name="TK">[http://www.tohokingdom.com/dvd/dogora_ts.htm DVD: Dogora (Tokyo Shock)]</ref> | ||
'''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2005) | |||
*Region: 2 | *Region: 2 | ||
*Discs: 1 | *Discs: 1 | ||
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{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Kaiju Movies}} | {{Kaiju Movies}} | ||
{{Comments}} | |||
{{Era|TOH|SHO|FIL|DOG}} | {{Era|TOH|SHO|FIL|DOG}} | ||
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Dogora (宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ is a Uchū Daikaijū Dogora, lit. Giant Space Monster Dogora)1964 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Toho Company Ltd. It was released to Japanese theaters on August 11, 1964.
Plot
After a giant jellyfish-like alien called Dogora comes to Earth and sucks up all the coal in the Tokyo area, a band of citizens, including a scientist, a diamond broker and a police inspector, band together to try and find a way to kill it after missiles and shells prove ineffective. After several attacks, the main characters find that wasp venom can be used to kill the beast. An artificial substance of equal power is hastily manufactured and after a long while, the mammoth Dogora is finally defeated.
Staff
- Main article: Dogora (film)/Credits.
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, Teruyoshi Nakano
- Directed by Ishiro Honda
- Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa
- Story by Jojiro Okami
- Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
- Music by Akira Ifukube
- Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
- Edited by Ryohei Fuji
- Production Design by Takeo Kita
- Assistant Director Ken Sano
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Yosuke Natsuki as Komai
- Yoko Fujiyama as Masayo Kirino, Dr. Munakata's assistant
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Kirino
- Akiko Wakabayashi as Hamako, Diamond thief
- Nobuo Nakamura as Dr. Munakata
- Seizaburo Kawazu as Chief Diamond thief
- Robert Dunham (as "Dan Yuma") as Mark Jackson
- Susumu Fujita as Defense Force Executive Officer Iwasa
- Jun Tazaki as Police chief
- Yoshibumi Tajima as Tada, Thief
- Hideyo Amamoto as Maki, Thief
- Nadao Kirino as Gen, Thief
- Akira Wakamatsu as Matsu, Thief
- Haruya Kato as Sabu, Thief
- Jun Funado as Detective Nitta
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Ginza policeman
- Koji Iwamoto as Dr. Munekata's assistant
- Mitsuo Tsuda as Defense Corps executive
- Takuzo Kumagai as Defense Corps executive
- Chotaro Togin as Coal truck driver
- Shoichi Hirose as Thermal power plant staff
- Yutaka Nakayama as Coal truck assistant
- Yoshiyuki Uemura as Diamond transport, passenger
- Shiro Tsuchiya as Thermal power plant staff
- Jiro Tsuzukawa as Thermal power plant staff
- Haruya Sakamoto as Diamond transport, driver
- Hideo Shibuya as Journalist
- Yutaka Oka as Transport company manager
- Ichiro Chiba as Tenpodo staff
- Shinjiro Hirota as Tenpodo staff
- Toku Ihara as Drunk
- Tadashi Okabe as Ginza policeman
- Wataru Omae as Radio lab researcher
- Koji Uno as Thermal power plant worker
Appearances
Monsters |
Weapons, vehicles, and races |
Gallery
- Main article: Dogora (film)/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Dogora (Soundtrack).
Alternate titles
- Giant Space Monster Dogora (Uchū Daikaijū Dogora, literal Japanese title)
- Space Monster Dogora (English Japanese title)
- Dagora, the Space Monster (United States)
- X 3000 - Phantoms Against Gangsters (X 3000 - Fantome gegen Gangster, Germany)
- Dogora: The Monster from the Great Swamp (Dogora: Il Mostro Della Grande Palude, Italy)
U.S. release
Toho had an English-language version of Dogora prepared[1] in Hong Kong by Ted Thomas's Axis Productions.[2] Because Robert Dunham primarily spoke Japanese for his role in the film, his voice was dubbed into English by another actor.[3]
In April 1965, Dogora played at the Toho Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii, in Japanese with English subtitles. A newspaper ad in the Honolulu Advertiser referred to it as Space Monster Dogora.[4]
Dogora was licensed for U.S. release to American International Pictures. Its television unit, American International Television, first offered the film to television stations as Dagora, the Space Monster in the "Amazing '66" syndication package starting in 1965.[1] It would later be included in AITV's "SciFi 65" package.[1] Dogora was not re-dubbed for AITV's release; this version featured no on-screen credits of any kind, only the new opening title.[1]
As Dagora, the Space Monster, the film was never officially issued on home video, although unlicensed copies from Video Yesteryear were produced in the 1980's and 90's.[5] Media Blasters released the film on DVD on July 15, 2005 under its Tokyo Shock label; audio options on the disc included the original Japanese audio with removable English subtitles and the original Toho international dub.[6]
Video releases
Tokyo Shock DVD (2005)
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese, English (Mono 1.0)
- Special Features: Original trailer, production gallery, previews for other Tokyo Shock kaiju releases
- Notes: Out of print. Picture is slightly cropped.[7]
Toho DVD (2005)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (Mono 1.0 and Surround 5.1)
- Special Features: Audio commentary by Yosuke Natsuki, original trailer, interview with Teruyoshi Nakano and Keizo Murase (26 minutes), photo gallery, booklet
- Notes: Does not include English subtitles.
Though Dogora is not available on Blu-ray, an HD version can be rented or purchased on the Japanese versions of Amazon Video and iTunes.
Videos
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Trivia
- Originally, Dogora was titled "Space Mons" (スペース・モンス and was meant to be released in 1962. Supēsu Monsu)[8]
References
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