Dogora

Dogora
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIshirō Honda[1]
Written byJojiro Okami (story)[1]
Shinichi Sekizawa[1]
Produced byYasuyoshi Tajitsu
Tomoyuki Tanaka[1]
StarringYosuke Natsuki
Yōko Fujiyama
Hiroshi Koizumi
Nobuo Nakamura
Robert Dunham
Akiko Wakabayashi
Jun Tazaki
Susumu Fujita
Seizaburô Kawazu
Hideyo Amamoto
CinematographyHajime Koizumi[1]
Edited byRyohei Fujii[1]
Music byAkira Ifukube[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • August 11, 1964 (1964-08-11) (Japan)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Dogora (宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ, Uchū Daikaijū Dogora, lit.'Giant Space Monster Dogora') is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, the film stars Yosuke Natsuki, Nobuo Nakamura, Hiroshi Koizumi, and Akiko Wakabayashi, along with American actor Robert Dunham. The film tells the story of a huge jellyfish-like carbon-eating creature from space that attacks Japan.

Dogora was released theatrically in Japan on August 11, 1964. It was released directly to television in the United States in 1966 by American International Television, under the title Dagora, the Space Monster.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.