In this 1973 installment in the japanese godzilla franchise, the atomic dinosaur must fight off a new monstrous invader, the speedy and destructive megalon. After that, in 1977, another media blitz introduced godzilla vs megalon to nbcs primetime network tv broadcast and it was thoroughly ingrained in. Godzilla and flying cyborg jet jaguar meet a giant cockroach and a big black chicken sent by seatopians. Directed and cowritten by jun fukuda with special effects by teruyoshi nakano, the film starred katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, and american actor robert dunham. Check my video of the restored theatrical trailer for all the additional info. With katsuhiko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham.
The winner of the contest was an elementary school student, who submitted the drawing of a robot called red arone. Search, discover and share your favorite godzilla vs megalon gifs. Nbc extensively cut the film so that it would fit in a onehour time slot. Megalon gojira tai megaro was the th entry in the godzilla series. Megalon 1973 g 04241976 us science fiction, fantasy 1h 22m user score. Mystery science theater 3000 s 2 e 12 godzilla vs megalon. Nov 05, 2016 restored tv spot to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Megalon 1973 has been one of the most sought out godzilla film in north america since its original theatrical release. Apr 30, 2012 boris johnson has been moved out of the intensive care unit.
First off, this is the japanese international version of the film and not the american version. Megalon is an unnecessary entry to yet another godzilla film. Megalon 1973 jun fukuda on allmovie japans toho studios were clearly slumming for. The film made slightly more money than godzilla vs. Like most of the 1970s godzilla films, its a lowbudget quickie made for kids. They send their guardian, megalon, to destroy the surface world.
In this th installment of the 1st godzilla series deals with the underground country of seatopia striking back at mankind. Godzilla and jet jaguar meet big cockroach and black chicken. Megalon on bluray was the fallout for the incident related to tokyo shocks release of destroy all monsters on the format. Restored teaser trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. It also happens to be one of a small group of godzilla films i saw often.
Godzilla vs megalon was one of the least expensive in the toho series but also one of the most successful in the united states, due to wide exposure after an effective marketing campaign in 1976. Directed by jun fukuda, yoshimitsu banno, ishiro honda. Megalon works better on cd than in the movie, where it is often drowned out by sound effects and monster roars, or. Oct 22, 2016 restored teaser trailer to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, gojira tai mekagojira is a 1974 japanese kaiju film directed by jun fukuda, with special effects by teruyoshi nakano. This time around, godzilla gets some help from jet jaguar, a newly invented robotic superhero. Inventor goro ibuki creates a humanoid robot named jet jaguar. Megalon is widely considered the low point of the godzilla series. Boris johnson has been moved out of the intensive care unit. Megalon works better on cd than in the movie, where it is often drowned out by sound effects and monster roars, or marred by unlikely placement. It had godzilla and megalon each standing on top of one of the world trade center buildings. The undersea nation of seatopia sends the gigantic megalon to destroy the world above and its up to godzilla and a sizeshifting robot, jet jaguar, to defeat him. It was the first film in the series to have someone other than veteran suit performer haruo nakajima in the role of big g, with shinji takagi taking over the rubber suit.
Restored tv spot to cinema shares 1976 release of godzilla vs. Megalons attack on tokyo consists entirely of stock footage including the same mobil station that is destroyed in half of tohos kaiju eiga. Megalon stars katsuriko sasaki, hiroyuki kawase, yutaka hayashi, robert dunham the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Produced and distributed by toho studios, it is the th film in the godzilla franchise, features the fictional monster characters godzilla and gigan, along with the mecha character jet jaguar. Shinji takagi godzilla, kenpachiro satsuma gigan, tsugutoshi komada jet jaguar, hideto odachi megalon this movie has godzilla at his most adorable. Download godzilla vs megalon 1973 torrent kickasstorrents. In one of the most bizarre and crass examples of false advertising campaigns ever seen, the films poster featured godzilla fighting megalon atop the late world trade center towers in new york city. Heres the 1976 american recut version of godzilla vs.
Awareness of toxic waste and the growth of the environmental movement in the 1970s inspired the release of various horror films, and the giant monster subgenre saw the release of 1971s godzilla vs. The earth defense command, but budgetary cuts nixed megalon from that film altogether. Produced and distributed by toho, it is the 14th film of the godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters godzilla, anguirus, and king caesar, along with the mecha character mechagodzilla. Megalon is a 1973 film about an undersea nation that sends megalon to destroy the world above where he fights with godzilla and a sizeshifting robot directed by. A third of their country has already been destroyed, due to underground nuclear tests.
They also request the aid from nebula m space hunter to send their. Using jet jaguar as a guide, the seatopians send megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society. Interestingly enough, this wasnt going to be a godzilla film. Godzilla vs megalon special edition dvd extras detailed. Films featuring godzilla and gamera were made into the 1970s, and a king kong remake was released in 1976. Megalon, megaro is a giant insect kaiju who first appeared in the 1973 toho godzilla film, godzilla vs. It is soon seized by an undersea race of people called the seatopians. This was to take advantage of a similar poster featuring king kong in its first remake. Megalon was originally created to be the third evil monster besides king ghidorah and gigan in godzilla vs. Megalon was featured on season 2 of the moviemocking television series mystery science theater 3000. While he was originally created to be an opponent for godzilla, he was considered for the role of the lone villain of this film.
Download godzilla vs megalon 1973 torrent or any other torrent from category. As many know, the original tokyo shock release of the 1968 godzilla film hit retail without tohos approval, in particular for some of the extras included. This was ripped from the passion productionsace video dvd. Megalon was given a highprofile primetime nbc network premiere in 1977, with an introduction and bumper segments by john belushi in a godzilla suit also used on saturday night live. Megalon was released at the spring toho champion film festival on march 17, 1973 alongside a film called prominent youth about a boys soccer team and an animated film called panda. Megalon the guardian of the underground kingdom of seatopia, megalon was unleashed upon the surface world after repeated nuclear tests had ravaged seatopia. Megalon is a 1973 japanese kaiju film directed by jun fukuda, written by fukuda and shinichi sekizawa, produced by tomoyuki tanaka, with special effects by teruyoshi nakano. The smog monster in 1972, a cheap distribution outfit cinema shares international released godzilla vs.
Apr 30, 2012 coronavirus outbreak ny governor andrew cuomo gives covid19 update as deaths surpass 10,000 full. Megalon 1973 godzilla vs megalon is the thirteenth film in the franchise, and i suppose the unlucky association seems apt given that this is regularly cited as one of, and often the worst film of the series. Produced and distributed by toho studios, it is the th film in the godzilla franchise, and features the fictional monster characters godzilla, megalon, and gigan. Coronavirus outbreak ny governor andrew cuomo gives covid19 update as deaths surpass 10,000 full. Megalon the 1973 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The showaera films criterion 2019 bluray godzilla vs. I have been looking online and cant find one similar to this one. Gojira tai megaro is a 1973 japanese science fiction kaiju film produced by toho. Megalon was originally planned as a nongodzilla film, a solo vehicle for jet jaguar, which was the result of a contest toho had for children in midtolate 1972. The classic monster fantasy with godzilla, the giant dinosaur returning to the screen for the sixth time. Megalon, but was still not making as big a box office profit as the other films in the godzilla series had in the early 1960s. Directed by jun fukuda, this time godzilla teams up with a giant robot, jet jaguar, to take on the threat of megalon sent by an undersea nation to destroy our terrestrial civilization.