Invasion of Astro-Monster (怪獣大戦争, Kaijū Daisensō, lit. ’The Giant Monster War‘) is a 1965 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the sixth film in the Godzilla franchise and Shōwa period. The film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the second collaboration between Toho Co., Ltd and UPA. The film stars Akira Takarada, Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Akira Kubo, and Yoshio Tsuchiya, with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, Masaki Shinohara as Rodan, and Shoichi Hirose as King Ghidorah. In the film, aliens plead with humanity to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat King Ghidorah, only to betray the humans and unleash the monsters on the Earth.
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I honestly think that the entirety of this movie was an excuse to bring back King Ghidorah.
Also aliens.
Eventually Earthlings figure out what’s going on, as the aliens have a method to control the giant monsters, and severe their control. This forces the aliens to flee the Earth, the monsters to fight amongst themselves a bit, and general chaos ensues.
All three fall into the ocean leaving an open ending into the next monster movie.
This feels a lot like just a remake of King Ghidorah but with aliens. It’s not very creative (unless aliens), and really, just go watch the first one.
My Ranking: ★ ★
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