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Space Amoeba

G
Movie
1970
1h 24m
Japanese
Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
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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5.6
IMDB
Space Amoeba (1970) on IMDb
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Akira Kubo
Taro Kudo
Yukiko Kobayashi
Saki, native girl
Atsuko Takahashi
Ayako Hoshino
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Kyoichi Mida
Tetsu Nakamura
Chieftain Ombo
Sachio Sakai
The Editor (uncredited)
Kenji Sahara
Makoto Obata
Y Fujiki
Promotion Division Manager (uncredi...
Noritake Saito
Rico, the guide (uncredited)
Chtar Tgin
Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)
Wataru mae
Sakura (uncredited)
Yukihiko Gond
Islander (uncredited)
Shigeo Kat
Islander (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Islander (uncredited)
Yko Sugihara
Stewardess (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
Gezora/Ganimes
Directed By: Ishirō Honda
Written By: Ei Ogawa (Screenplay)

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carlos-teran says...
9 years ago
A very obscure Toho movie, that isn't really THAT bad. Looking at it now, isn't particulary politically correct: japanese actors in "blackface", and mocking the native's customs while mentioning that Japan occupied the island in WWII (and we all know how brutal the Japanese were during that bloody period of Asia's history) and that's why those noble savages know how to speak their language. Regardless, the monster action looks as good as the rest of the Toho greatest hits.
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
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. More
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Whitsbrain
6/10  3 years ago
My love for giant monster movies was satisfied by this creative little Ishiro Honda/Toho film. The action starts immediately when an alien mist turns a space capsule on its way to Jupiter around and floats it back to Earth. The alien mist eventually possesses a cuttlefish, a crab and a turtle, gro More
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