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Invisible Man was a primary influence on Toho's Transforming Human Series, a trilogy of science fiction films produced from 1958 to 1960. Actor Yoshio Tsuchiya

the Paleosaurus. The Giant Behemoth is a 1959 science fiction giant monster film produced by Allied Artists Productions. It was released to American theaters

science fiction film produced by Daiei. It was released to Japanese theaters on January 27, 1956, becoming the country's first science-fiction film in color.

Treasures grossed ¥344,232,000 in Japan. It was Toho's highest earner in 1959, and second among Japanese films overall. Toho VHS (1991) Tapes: 2 Audio: Japanese

(1960) for their original U.S. theatrical release in 1960. The 1977 Toho film The War in Space was planned as a sequel to this film, simply titled Battle in

the Toho film I Am Three People (僕は三人前,   Boku wa Sanninmae). Varan was the first Toho kaiju film to rely on stock footage from previous films to heavily

total. The film's success inspired Warner Bros. to make its own atomic monster film the following year, Them! (the first of the "big bug" films, a subgenre

Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho, it was the company's first kaiju film since the previous year's Godzilla (1954). It stars Akira Takarada, Akemi Negishi

Atomic Age. U.S. newspaper ads and reviews for the film highlighted the presence of American-made Sabre jets and Honest John rockets. In 1970, U.S. distribution

with the film Sazae's Youth. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer packaged The Mysterians together with First Man into Space (1959) for both films' original U.S. theatrical

the films of Legendary Pictures' Monsterverse 55 years later. After this film's release, Toho took a seven-year hiatus from making Godzilla films. However

packaged The H-Man together with The Woman Eater (1958) for both films' original U.S. theatrical release in 1959. The Ryujin Maru No. 2 is based on the

version's soundtrack, which would later be the basis for the main titles of Lucio Fulci's horror films Zombi 2 and City of the Living Dead. Eros Films brought

Japanese actor who appeared in numerous Toho films and other television productions from the 1950's to 1980's. One of the most prolific performers in the

engagement in U.S. theaters via Fathom Events. Mid-January: SRS Cinema releases 1967's Space Monster Wangmagwi to Blu-ray and VHS, the film's first home video

Japanese actor. A major Toho star in the 1950's and 1960's, he received prominent billing in six tokusatsu films from 1962 to 1970, playing the leads in

appearing in larger roles in the 1960's, primarily in films produced by Toho. Tazaki often appeared in the films of director Akira Kurosawa, but was also

acting in films for the Nikkatsu Corporation before moving exclusively to Toho. He played several bit roles in the late 1950's and early 1960's, before eventually

Japanese film and television actress. Early in her career, Shirakawa starred in several of Toho's science fiction films in the 1950's and 60's, including

professional comedian during the 1950's. Sakai became famous for his roles in film comedies produced by Toho, including the films of the popular Ekimae series