Dogora
Sign in to saveis a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan.
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6.8A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
Released: 1964-08-1183 minDir: Ishirō HondaScience Fiction, Crime, Horror
Cast
- Robert Dunham as Mark Jackson
- Yōsuke Natsuki as Inspector Komei
- Yōko Fujiyama as Masayo
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Kirino
- Susumu Fujita as General Iwasa
- Jun Tazaki as Chief Inspector
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Dogora
- Film.image
- Dogora 1964.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Ishirō Honda
- Film.producer
- Yasuyoshi TajitsuTomoyuki Tanaka
- Film.writer
- Jojiro Okami (story)Shinichi Sekizawa
- Film.starring
- Yosuke NatsukiYōko FujiyamaHiroshi KoizumiNobuo NakamuraRobert DunhamAkiko WakabayashiJun TazakiSusumu FujitaSeizaburô KawazuHideyo Amamoto
- Film.music
- Akira Ifukube
- Film.cinematography
- Hajime Koizumi
- Film.editing
- Ryohei Fujii
- Film.studio
- Toho
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1964
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Screenwriter
- Shinichi Sekizawa
- Cast member
- Jun Tazaki
- Composer
- Akira Ifukube
- Production company
- Toho
- Narrative location
- Tokyo
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is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan.
Dogora was released theatrically in Japan on August 11, 1964. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1966 by American International Television, under the title Dagora, the Space Monster.