Atragon

Atragon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by	Shinichi Sekizawa[1]
Based on	The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure by Shunrō Oshikawa The Undersea Kingdom by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka
Starring	Jun Tazaki Tadao Takashima Yōko Fujiyama Yū Fujiki
Cinematography	Hajime Koizumi
Edited by	Ryohei Fujii
Music by	Akira Ifukube
Production company	Toho
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 22, 1963 (1963-12-22) (Japan)
Running time	94 minutes[2]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥175 million[3]

Atragon (海底軍艦, Kaitei Gunkan, lit. 'The Undersea Warship') is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho, it is based on The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure by Shunrō Oshikawa and The Undersea Kingdom by Shigeru Komatsuzaki. The film stars Jun Tazaki, Tadao Takashima, Yōko Fujiyama, Yū Fujiki, and Ken Uehara.

The film was released in Japan on December 22, 1963, and in the United States in 1965 via American International Pictures. A two-episode anime OVA titled Super Atragon, based on the same novels, was produced by Phoenix Entertainment in 1995.