A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an a... Read allA space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group of people discover it to be inhabited by giant mutant monsters, created by the aliens in an attempt to conquer the world.
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- (as Noritake Saito)
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- TriviaThis was the first giant monster film produced after the death of Toho's special effects director, Eiji Tsuburaya, who passed away in January 1970. The effects were directed by Sadamasa Arikawa who, having been promoted to Director of Special Technique, had already handled most of the special effects since Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) with Teriyoshi Nakano as his chief assistant. Both Arikawa and director Ishirô Honda wanted to include a dedication to Tsuburaya in the film but Toho refused. Arikawa was so disgusted by this that he vowed to never work for Toho again. Director Honda likewise decided to retire from filmmaking due to his disappointment with the direction Toho took their special effects films and the dissatisfaction of working for them.
- GoofsThe lighted eyes on the monster Gezora went dead halfway through filming of the fx. There was no money left in the FX budget to repair them, and they remain unlighted in certain scenes.
- Quotes
Taro Kudo: I'd say that giant octopus is our monster. Maybe what the natives call Gezora isn't a myth. Tell me Doctor, now what are we going to do? Why do you think he let us go?
Dr. Kyoichi Mida: I don't know, I don't know anything at all. All my knowledge of biology and none of it's any use to me at all.
- Alternate versionsAmerican International's television release version replaces the original score during the end credits with another section of Akira Ifukube's score that was used during the shipboard sequence.
- ConnectionsEdited into Faces of Horror (1989)
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- Yog: Monster from Space
- Filming locations
- Hachijôjima, Japan(outdoor scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1