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Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) Dec 19, 2016

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Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka, Henry G. Saperstein Written by: Reuben Bercovitch, Takeshi Kimura Starring: Nick Adams, Tadao Takashima, Kumi Mizuno Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi, Sadamasa Arikawa Edited by: Ryohei Fujii Release dates: August 8, 1965 (Japan) Running time: 89 minutes (Theatrical), 93 minutes (International)

Giant Monster Varan (1958) Nov 20, 2016

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Directed by: Ishirō Honda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Ken Kuronuma (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Kôzô Nomura, Ayumi Sonoda, Fumito Matsuo Music by: Akira Ifukube Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi, Teisho Arikawa Edited by: Kazuji Taira Release date: October 14, 1958 Running time: 87 min.

Varan the Unbelievable (1962) Oct 30, 2016

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Directed by: Jerry A. Baerwitz (USA) Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by: Ken Kuronuma (story), Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Myron Healey (USA), Tsuruko Kobayashi (USA) Music by: Albert Glasser (USA) Cinematography: Jacques R. Marquette (USA) Edited by: Rudolph Cusumano (USA), Jack Ruggiero (USA) Production company: Toho Distributed by: Crown International Pictures (USA) Released date: December 7th, 1962 Running time: 70 min. (USA)

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http://mechag.bandcamp.com/

BONUS! Shin Godzilla (2016) First Impressions Oct 16, 2016

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In which Drew, Joe, and Kaleb discuss their thoughts on the new Godzilla movie!

Son of Godzilla (1967) Oct 09, 2016

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Directed by Jun Fukuda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Kazue Shiba Starring Tadao Takashima Akira Kubo Bibari Maeda Akihiko Hirata Yu Sekida Seiji Onaka Music by Masaru Sato Cinematography Kazuo Yamada Production company Toho Distributed by Toho Release dates

December 16, 1967

Running time 86 minutes Country Japan Language Japanese Budget $900,000

Music by:

http://mechag.bandcamp.com/

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) Sep 11, 2016

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Directed by: Jun Fukuda Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by: Shinichi Sekizawa Starring: Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chotaro Togin, Hideo Sunazuka, Toru Watanabe, Toru Ibuki, Akihiko Hirata, Jun Tazaki, Ikio Sawamura, Pair Bambi, Eisei Amamoto Music by: Masaru Sato Cinematography: Kazuo Yamada Edited by: Ryohei Fuji Release date: December 17, 1966 Running time: 87 minutes Language: Japanese Budget: $1,200,000

Music Provided by Mecha G: http://mechag.bandcamp.com/

Invasion of Astro-Monster (1970) Aug 28, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Nick Adams Akira Takarada Kumi Mizuno Jun Tazaki Akira Kubo Yoshio Tsuchiya Haruo Nakajima Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Production company Toho UPA Distributed by Toho Release dates

December 19, 1965(Japan)
July 29, 1970 (U.S.)

Running time 94 minutes (Japan) 92 minutes (USA) Country Japan United States Language Japanese English

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) Aug 07, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa Starring Yosuke Natsuki, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi, Akiko Wakabayashi Music by Akira Ikufube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Production company: Toho

Distributed by Toho

Release date December 20, 1964 (Japan)

Running time 81 minutes

Country USA

Rodan! The Flying Monster (1956) Jun 23, 2016

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Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Written by Ken Kuronuma (original story) Takeshi Kimura Takeo Murata Starring Kenji Sahara Yumi Shirakawa Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Isamu Ashida Edited by Kôichi Iwashita Robert S. Eisen Production company Toho Distributed by Toho Release dates

August 6, 1957 (US)

Running time 82 min. Country Japan Language English

Radon, Giant Monster of the Sky (1956) May 17, 2016

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December 26, 1956 (Japan)
August 6, 1957 (US)

Running time 82 min. Country Japan

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