FeatureG1970·84m·6.4

Space Amoeba

An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!

Science FictionAdventureHorror

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

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Cast

Akira Kubo

Taro Kudo

Atsuko Takahashi

Ayako Hoshino

Yukiko Kobayashi

Saki, native girl

Kenji Sahara

Makoto Obata

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Dr. Kyoichi Mida

Tetsu Nakamura

Chieftain Ombo

Yū Fujiki

Asia Development Promotion Division Manager

Noritake Saito

Rico

Yûko Sugihara

Stewardess

Sachio Sakai

The Editor

Chōtarō Tōgin

Yokoyama

Wataru Ōmae

Sakura

Yukihiko Gondō

Sergio Islander

Shigeo Katō

Sergio Islander

Rinsaku Ogata

Sergio Islander

Haruo Nakajima

Gezora / Ganimes / Taro Kudo (water scene stunt double)

Haruyoshi Nakamura

Kamoebas

Ichirô Murakoshi

Space Amoeba / Narrator (voices) (uncredited)

Sōji Ubukata

Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

Yoshio Katsube

News Reporter (uncredited)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
G
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
TOHOToho Eizo BijutsuTokyo Laboratory

Crew

Director

Ishirō Honda

Writers

Ei Ogawa

Teizô Toshimitsu

Costume Design

Yasuei Yagi

Costume Design

Nobuyuki Yasumaru

Costume Design

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Taiichi Kankura

Director of Photography

Takeo Kita

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/3/2023

5.0

This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!