War Of The Gargantuas (1966)

[Furankanshutain]

For my first post in the Japanese horror section, I thought I'd mention this one, it seems to have been forgotten by the Toho fans at large.

It's the sequel to "Frankenstein Conquers The World" from 1965, and I was wondering if anyone here has seen this somewhat creepy film.

The film mixes one of the greatest Western horror legends of all time with Eastern horror, and assumes that the legacy of Dr. Frankenstein's experiments have left a horrible mark on modern day Japan. Only Toho could come up with a story like this (and I mean that respectfully w\regard to their unique and off the wall horror they created outside of Godzilla.)

[Doc Faustus]

It's a fun one. Not my favorite Toho movie, but solid nonetheless. It's paired with Rodan on the DVD, so they're a pretty good buy for Godzilla fans or anybody who wants a bouncing four year old to sit still.

[Furankanshutain]

It's a fun one. Not my favorite Toho movie, but solid nonetheless. It's paired with Rodan on the DVD, so they're a pretty good buy for Godzilla fans or anybody who wants a bouncing four year old to sit still.

WOTG was a unique movie, if people can look at one big thing:

Did you notice that the Gargantuas displayed a somewhat noticeable array of facial expressions\emotions? I say that because one thing I noticed was that the actors were able to move their eyes in the masks. That natural eye movement greatly accented their emotional and facial displays.

The scene where Sanda picks up the tree trunk to smack Gaira with-look at the crease in the forehead of Sanda, and the anger in his face. It's such a cool thing. Add the moral conflict between the creatures and the question
of one playing "brother's keeper" for the other, and you get a somewhat different type of film.

The Gargantua designs were quite neat too, a different kind of creature.