Jun Fukuda

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

The first Godzilla film directed by Jun Fukuda, who would go on to direct four more, is fast-paced and light in tone, and builds to a riveting race-against-time finale. On a secluded island in the South Seas, a group of castaways stumble upon a paramilitary organization whose nefarious nuclear activities threaten the world at large—and set the stage for kaiju clashes involving Godzilla, Mothra, and the giant crustacean Ebirah.

New cover illustration by Simon Gane

Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1966
  • 86 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

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Cast
Akira Takarada
Yoshimura
Kumi Mizuno
Daiyo
Chotaro Togin
Ichino
Pair Bambi
Small beauties
Toru Ibuki
Yata Kane
Toru Watanabe
Ryota Kane
Jun Tazaki
Red Bamboo commander
Akihiko Hirata
Red Bamboo officer Ryuui
Hisaya Ito
Red Bamboo scientist
Credits
Director
Jun Fukuda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay
Shinichi Sekizawa
Director of photography
Kazuo Yamada
Art director
Takeo Kita
Music
Masaru Sato
Editor
Ryohei Fujii
Special-effects supervisor
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special-effects director
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special-effects art director
Yasuyuki Inoue

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