Ishiro Honda

All Monsters Attack

All Monsters Attack

Director Ishiro Honda returned again for the first Godzilla movie expressly for children. Economizing by reusing effects shots from other films in the series, All Monsters Attack tells the story of Ichiro, a lonely latchkey kid who finds solace in his dreams of befriending Minilla, the titular progeny of Son of Godzilla, whose parent is also often absent. In this thoughtful, human-scale story, boy and monster learn together what it means to grow up.

New cover illustration by Jorge Coelho

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1969
  • 69 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.35:1
  • Japanese

Available In

Collector's Set

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975

Blu-ray Box Set

8 Discs

$179.96

All Monsters Attack
Cast
Tomonori Yazaki
Ichiro Miki
Kenji Sahara
Ichiro’s father
Machiko Naka
Ichiro’s mother
Sachio Sakai
Bank robber Senbayashi
Kazuo Suzuki
Bank robber Okuda
Hideyo Amamoto
Shinpei Inami
Midori Uchiyama
Voice of Minilla
Yoshibumi Tajima
Detective
Chotaro Togin
Detective
Credits
Director
Ishiro Honda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay
Shinichi Sekizawa
Director of photography
Mototaka Tomioka
Art director
Takeo Kita
Music
Kunio Miyauchi
Editor
Masahisa Himi
Special-effects supervisor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special-effects director
Ishiro Honda
Special-effects photography
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special-effects photography
Mototaka Tomioka
Special-effects art director
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special-effects assistant director
Teruyoshi Nakano

Current

Godzilla’s Conscience: The Monstrous Humanism of Ishiro Honda
Godzilla’s Conscience: The Monstrous Humanism of Ishiro Honda

In the wake of World War II, the director transformed himself from a maker of warmhearted comedies and dramas into one of the most influential architects of the modern disaster movie.

By Steve Ryfle