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Space Amoeba (1970)

6.4 | Aug 01, 1970 (JP) | Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror | 01:24

An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!

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.

Featured Crew

Director
Special Effects, Special Effects Supervisor
Executive Producer
Original Music Composer
Stunt Double, Stunts
Visual Effects Director, Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects, Special Effects
Screenplay
Visual Effects Camera, Visual Effects
Production Design
Visual Effects Art Director

Cast

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Akira Kubo
Taro Kudo
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Yukiko Kobayashi
Saki, native girl
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Atsuko Takahashi
Ayako Hoshino
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Kyoichi Mida
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Tetsu Nakamura
Chieftain Ombo
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Sachio Sakai
The Editor (uncredited)
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Kenji Sahara
Makoto Obata
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Yū Fujiki
Promotion Division Manager (uncredited)
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Noritake Saito
Rico, the guide (uncredited)
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Chōtarō Tōgin
Yokoyama, an agent (uncredited)

Reviews

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CinemaSerf
5 | Jun 03, 2023
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. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!