Kaitei Gunkan (1963)

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Several strange occurrences are taking place all over the world including the disappearance of two engineers. Also, former admiral Kosumi is nearly kidnapped along with his secretary, and goddaughter, Makoto Jinguji. The kidnap attempt is thwarted by photographer Susumu Hatanaka and his assistant yoshito Nishibe. It is later revealed the Mu Empire, which disappeared 12,000 years earlier, are responsible for all the occurrences and are planning to invade the surface world to reclaim their supposed colonies. Also, the Muans manage to steal the I-403 submarine from embittered Captain Jinguji, Makoto's father, and in the process steal the plans for and even greater sub, Atragon (aka Gotengo). As the attacks by the Muans increase the world anxiously asks Jinguji for his help, even his daughter Makoto makes an impassioned plea for him to join the fight against Mu. Unfortunately, Jinguji is still bitter about the defeat of Japan in World War II and won't help. However, the fight becomes personal when Makoto and Susumu, with whom she has fallen in love, are captured by the Muans. Soon Jinguji unleashes his ultimate weapon against the Muans and their giant snakelike guardian Manda. Movie Tagline: Ride the JUGGERNAUT of destruction from the depths of the Seven Seas to the Outer Limits of Space! Also Known As: Atragon Title: Kaitei Gunkan Release Date: March 11, 1965 Runtime: 96 mins Genre: Adventure All Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi Languages: Japanese Country: Japan Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 5.7 Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With K Director(s): Ishiro Honda Cast: Tadao Takashima ...Commercial Photographer Susumu Hatanaka yoko Fujiyama ...Makoto Jinguji, the Captain's Daughter yu Fujiki ...yoshito Nishibe Ken Uehara ...Retired Admiral Kosumi Jun Tazaki ...Captain Hachiro Jinguji Kenji Sahara ...Journalist / Mu Agent Hiroshi Koizumi ...Detective yoshifumi Tajima ...Tome 'Amano' Amanoshome Akihiko Hirata ...Mu Agent #23 Eisei Amamoto ...High Priest of Mu Tetsuko Kobayashi ...Empress of Mu Hisaya Ito ...Shindo, Kidnapped Scientist Minoru Takada ...Government Official Susumu Fujita ...Defense Commander Ikio Sawamura ...Taxi Driver Akemi Kita ...Sneezing Model Nadao Kirino ...Kidnapped Scientist Tetsu Nakamura ...Warship Captain yukihiko Gondo ...Military Official yutaka Nakayama ...Sailor Shin Otomo ...Government Official Wataru Omae ...Police Officer Koji Uno ...Police Officer Shoichi Hirose ...Mu Henchman Katsumi Tezuka ...Mu Henchman yutaka Oka ...Man on Bus Teruzo Okawa ... Ted Rusoff ...yoshito Nishibe (voice: English version) Osman yusuf ...Muan Submarine Crewman Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Tomoyuki Tanaka Writer(s): Shigeru Komatsuzaki Shunro Oshikawa Shinichi Sekizawa Composer(s): Akira Ifukube More Photos from Kaitei Gunkan Trailer(s): Kaitei Gunkan Horror Film Trailer 1 More Movie Taglines: Ride the JUGGERNAUT of destruction from the depths of the Seven Seas to the Outer Limits of Space! An adventure beyond your wildest dreams as a Super-Weapon meets Super-Force with the fate of the Universe at stake! See! The terror swath of the deadly Astral Disks See! The Exotic Rites and Groitesque Passions of the Kingdom of Mu See! Underwater Juggernauts of Destruction! See the JUGGERNAUT of Destruction Challenge the Incredible EMPIRE Beneath the Sea! The Ultimate Weapon! Movie Quote(s): Captain Hachiro Jinguji: Let her go. Let her die with her nation. Movie Trivia: The role of Jinguji was written for Toshirô Mifune, but his prior commitment to Akira Kurosawa's Akahige (1965) made it impossible for him to participate. In the English dubbed version released by American International, the character name of Jinjugi is retained in the dubbing. In material released by American International, the named has been changed to "Shinguji." In promotional material issued by American International, Yu Fujiki is credited as playing the "submarine captain." Fujiki played "Yoshito," the photographer's assistant. Jun Tazaki played Captain Jinguji. In material released in the United States, the billing for Akemi Kita has been elevated to one of the main stars. She appears only briefly as the photographer's model (in a bikini) in the pre-title sequence. Tanaka may have been inspired by "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" but the actual story behind "Kaitei Gunkan" dates from the late 1880's when electricity and Jules Verne were both in vogue in Japan. It was a fantasy story called "Denki-Kai" - "The Electric Light Ship." IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Submarine, Monster, Battleship, Sunken Continent, U Boat  ...[more] Keywords All: Based On Novel, Based On Book Seen it? Rate it Currently 6.71/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 68 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST