Atragon (海底軍艦, Kaitei Gunkan, lit. ’The Undersea Warship’) is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film produced and distributed by Toho. It is based on The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure by Shunrō Oshikawa and The Undersea Kingdom by Shigeru Komatsuzaki. The film is directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Jun Tazaki, Tadao Takashima, Yōko Fujiyama, Yū Fujiki, and Ken Uehara.
The film was released in Japan on December 22, 1963, and in the United States in 1965 via American International Pictures. A two-episode anime OVA titled Super Atragon, based on the same novels, was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in 1995.
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A few weeks ago I watched Destroy All Monsters, which introduced a couple new monsters into the Godzilla Franchise. But they actually weren’t new, they were from other movies by Toho. New monster movies I haven’t seen?? I’m in.
This is less of a Monster Movie and more of an action adventure with sci-fi additions.
Manda, unfortunately, is in very few scenes, so I am a little disappointed. But, we do get a very Eastern rendition of Atlantis. And since this is only about 20 years post World War II we get a taste of Post-War Japan, and bit of left over bias, which is interesting.
It’s not what I was expecting, but it’s not exactly a terrible movie either.
Ranking: ★ ★
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