The War of the Gargantuas
“A crisis, striking from the mountains and the sea! Greater Tokyo is the battlefield of death!”
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Gaira is a humanoid sea beast created from the discarded cells of Frankenstein.
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Principal cast & crew: 33
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Edited by Ryohei FujiiShot by Hajime KoizumiScored by Akira IfukubeDesigned by Takeo Kita
Also known as
- Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Gigantende
- The War of the Gargantuasen
- La batalla de los simios giganteses
- La Guerre des monstresfr
- Katangoit
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Cast & Crew
33 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Russ Tamblyn
as Dr. Paul Stewart
Kumi Mizuno
as Akemi Togawa
Kenji Sahara
as Dr. Yuzo Majida
Nobuo Nakamura
as Dr. Kita
Jun Tazaki
as General
Hisaya Ito
as Police Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Police Officer
Ren Yamamoto
as Sailor
Kipp Hamilton
as Singer
Kozo Nomura
as General's Aide
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Officer Hirai
Nadao Kirino
as Lt. Col. Kazama
Supporting cast
12Shoichi Hirose
as Soldier
Tadashi Okabe
as Defiant Reporter
Hideo Shibuya
as Skeptical Reporter
Ikio Sawamura
as Fisherman #1
Seishiro Kuno
as Fisherman #2
Somesho Matsumoto
as Official
Goro Mutsumi
as Dr. Paul Stewart (voice)
Haruo Nakajima
as Gaira
Hiroshi Sekita
as Sanda
Yasuhiro Komiya
as Adolescent Sanda
Kasei Kinoshita
as Adolescent Sanda (voice)
Yu Fujiki
as (uncredited)
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1Other crew
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