Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto
Tags: entertaining

Plot synopsis:
After Yata (Toru Ibuki) is lost at sea, his brother Ryota (Toru Watanabe) steals a yacht with his two friends and a bank robber, the crew runs afoul of the giant lobster Ebirah, and washes up on the shore of Letchi Island, where a terrorist organization manufactures heavy water for their purposes, as well as a chemical that keeps Ebirah at bay. The organization, known as the Red Bamboo, has enslaved natives from Infant Island to help them, but the natives hope to awaken Mothra (now a full-grown moth metamorphosed from the larva that appeared in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster) to rescue them.
In their efforts to avoid capture, Ryota and his friends, aided by a beautiful native girl, stumble across Godzilla sleeping within a cliffside cavern. The group devises a plan to defeat the Red Bamboo and escape from the island. In the process, they wake Godzilla using a makeshift lightning rod. Godzilla fights Ebirah, but the giant crustacean escapes. Godzilla is then attacked by Daikondoro, a giant condor, and a squadron of Red Bamboo fighter jets, but destroys them.
The humans retrieve the missing Yata, free the enslaved natives and Godzilla begins to destroy the base. Godzilla smashes a tower that has a self-destruct button that makes the island unstable. Godzilla fights Ebirah and defeats it, ripping off both Ebirah's claws and causing it to retreat into the sea. The natives summon Mothra to save everyone, however, Godzilla challenges Mothra when she gets to the island. Mothra manages to push Godzilla away and carry the people off. Godzilla escapes from the island just before it explodes.

Review: This movie also features a spectacular safecracking scene in which the bank robber jimmies a lock on what looks like the door to a bank vault, the plucky castaways nip inside -- and then nip outside even faster, saying, "It's a nuclear reactor!!!"  I would recommend this film to anyone..
But, other than that, the film is quite good, following the usual trend that the Godzilla movies tend to have much better plots than their american counterparts of the time.
The thief, Yoshimura, is definetly my favorite character in this, and the special effects are pretty good at times (he may be a pathetic monster, but Ebirah looks great).
But sadly this movie is usally overlooked because of the silly opponents that Godzilla fights, like a giant lobster and a giant condor.
Terrorist organization Red Bamboo has enslaved the natives of the neighboring Infant Island to make a liquid repellent that holds off Ebirah, a giant lobster.
The Godzilla suit from Invasion of the Astro Monster was reused and after much water and pyrotechnic damage it looks a little worse for wear, particularly in the scene when Godzilla attacks the Red Bamboo's base.
This film involves Godzilla and two other giant monsters involved with the Red Bamboo who are a group conducting nuclear experiments on a deserted south sea island.
I think that was another political statement that Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster was making.Anyway some 20 somethings who were involved in a dance marathon which opened the film, commandeer a boat that was to be the getaway vehicle of a bank robber to search for the brother of one of them who set sail southeast and was not heard from.
To discourage escape in the meantime, the island is guarded by Ebirah a giant lobster monster.
Shinichi Sekizawa's screenplay continues on the trend of humanizing the monsters, and Ebira's pose before the battle is a caricature of the then popular professional wrestler Toyonobori, and Godzilla rubbing his index finger on his nose is a caricature of Yuzo Kayama's character in Wakadaisho series which usually played at same time as the Godzilla movies as a double feature.
The cinematography is noticeably brighter and the characters are also bit more easy going than Honda's version of Godzilla movies.Ryota (Tetsu Watanabe) who lost his brother in the South Pacific in a fishing boat accident believes in the prediction made by a spiritual medium in Mt. Osore that his brother is still alive.
Yoshimura comes up with a novel plan to wake Godzilla and turn it against the Red Bamboo.In this movie, the fairies that talks to Mothra also changed from The Peanuts (Emi and Yumi Ito) to another twins Pair Bambi (Yuko and Yoko Okada - born 4/19/1944 Nagoya Japan).
Takahashi 6 month earlier played a similar role in Tsuburaya Production's Ultra Q series as a native girl who lost her brother to a giant octopus.In the mid to late sixties, Godzilla movie started to slide to a lighter stories.
You see, this island is protected by the sea monster Ebirah, a giant lobster.
Originally supposed to be a King Kong movie, Godzilla was used when Toho failed to secure the rights at the time..
A lot of humor in this movie, especially the lines "I thought you studied science?" with an answer "But I didn't pass the first year, one thing's for sure."A pretty native girl, played by Kumi Mizuno, is attracted by Godzilla, who gave a little love relationship to her-a love relationship more associated with King Kong (since the story of this movie was originally written for King Kong).
It is when the big piece of seafood tries to take center stage that things start slowing down.By the time Godzilla shows up, the movie suffers from the monsters.
Not only does the original Japanese soundtrack have a habit of playing just about the most inappropriate music for all of his scenes (look, jets are coming, let's play surf rock...he's smashing a base, let's play slow horror mood music); but there is the distinct problem the director has in getting the transition from Godzilla as a monster to a potential hero down right.
The would be rescue party ends up shipwrecked themselves on an island that is guarded by Ebirah, a giant mutant lobster-like creature, thus GODZILLA vs THE SEA MONSTER(USA title).Also on the island is a militia base that is producing nuclear bombs to overtake the world with.
Godzilla is awakened from his nap in a cave to take on the sea monster and destroy the evil soldiers and their bomb factory.My favorite scene is where Godzilla and Ebirah appear to be playing ping pong with a boulder during their showdown.
As well, most Godzilla movies spend *way* too much time and focus on the monsters fighting and rampaging (Godzilla vs.
It's also one of the best dub-jobs I've *ever* seen in a Godzilla movie (or any of the other similar ones).Overall: this is one of the more fun Godzilla films.
This is actualy a fun film if you're a kid, and i loved godzilla when i was i think back to the days of watching those chessy B movies(i havnt realy progresed that far in 10 years) and this was one of my favriotes and now somthing that angers me is it having a 4 point rating i mean kids love this and its fun and next time you get a chance pop one of these in have a good laugh and look back at you're childhood you'll have more fun then you would think.Now that thats gone ill fill you with my memories of this film the specel effects are alright and about what you would expect.
One part that I do like about the film is that it seems to delve right into the monsters, and that's something that any Godzilla fan can really appreciate.
We have Godzilla fighting a Giant bird whose origin is unknown, and we also have a scene where a giant monster actually devours a person.
I totally understand people that hate this entry in the series, but I find it to be one of the most fun Godzilla movies out there!On my Top 10 Godzilla Films list, it is actually included.
Spacegodzilla 8.Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack 9.Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster 10.(this film.).
This film is the good example how to make a movie with a great merriment.Easy style through all film.Not boring parade of monsters: walking,swimming and flying.Citations from James Bond movies (besides plot turns its ,off cause, surf music score) add for this celebration of good cinema taste more lightness.Unfading colors totally denude this movie darkness which exist in black and white monsters movies like classic KING KONG or FRANKENSTAIN.That is why Godzilla in this film is positive character ( it is not incarnation of evil nuclear dangerous of earliest post war series).Highly recommended for fans of the trash-cinema and for lovers of the fine puppet-animation..
The story is very good and I really love the way Godzilla looks in this film.
This one features four giant creatures: Godzilla who is a sort of prehistoric lizard; the people-friendly Mothra; its cousin, a giant condor; and new to this film a giant lobster.All of these were created or awakened by nuclear activity which was then burned deep into Japanese cosmology.
Number one: the very first and original 1954 "Godzilla" is an unhinged monster- movie classic, and number two: whatever crazy Japanese scriptwriter comes up with scenarios like these must be addicted to some seriously good and mind-broadening drugs!
During a heavy thunderstorm, their yacht is destroyed by the giant lobster monster Ebirah, but they all four miraculous strand at an island.
Godzilla, of course, and then the downright awesome giant lobster/shrimp Ebirah and also the cool Mothra, although he only comes into – important – action during the very last sequences of the film.
The dodge ball game between Godzilla and Shrimpie is definitely an amusing highlight, and so are Godzilla's battle with a giant condor-monster (where the hell did that suddenly come from) and his destructive rampage against a bunch of fighter planes and the Red Bamboo base camp.
Eventually, though, Godzilla comes out of hiding in a bizarre twist that recalls FRANKENSTEIN, and ends up doing battle with a silly giant crustacean named Ebirah.The story was originally written as a KING KONG sequel, hence Godzilla's unusual, humanised behaviour in this one.
The seventh entry in the Godzilla franchise continues the trend toward 'secret agent' plots, diminished budgets, and light-hearted adventure, and because the story originally starred King Kong, the movie departs from the standard Godzilla story in a number of ways.
Through a series of unlikely events, four men end up on an island housing a secret base run by a nefarious organisation known as "Red Bamboo" at which clandestine nuclear warheads are being produced and that is protected by the immense shrimp-like monster "Ebirah".
The Ebirah suit is quite good and the scenes of his giant claws rising from the ocean are the best in the film but the Godzilla suit is a step down from previous versions, with bigger eyes, a pronounced brow, a frog-like face, and the eyes of the actor within are clearly visible at times.
In keeping with diminished budgets, Godzilla spends a lot of time in desolate, undetailed regions of the Island, and although there are some reasonably effective underwater shots, no amount of suspension of disbelief will help with the scenes where he attacks the Red Bamboo base: it's just a guy in a rubber suit stepping on toys.
A young man steals a boat to find his brother, but he and his shipmates become shipwrecked on a mysterious island inhabited by a giant sea monster and a slumbering Godzilla.The film was originally written as a King Kong film, titled "Operation Robinson Crusoe", but Rankin/Bass Productions rejected the project.
Contrary, to the previous comment, Godzilla actually takes on a giant shrimp....or prawn, basically the same thing.Perhaps the thinnest plot of any Godzilla film, and clearly, along with Godzilla's Revenge, a low point in the series.It's sad to say, as the series started out so well with serious classics such as Godzilla Raids Again, and Rodan.Toho's attempt to pander to children, with films such as this, only served to marginalise the terror of what nuclear testing could bring.Unless you're a completist, it's not worth buying.You only need watch them play catch, to be convinced of that....
Anyway, it's a really huge red sea beast with long claws that guards an island where militaristic bad guys toy with nuclear reactors and steal natives off of Infant Island (home of Mothra) to work as their slaves.
Mothra and her two twin girls make a token appearance, but theirs is not much to get excited about if you're a fan.This movie also features some groovy rock 'n' roll muzak as part of its soundtrack, and some amusing monster fights (you've gotta see the handball bit where Godzilla repeatedly bounces a boulder off his head while Ebirah keeps swatting it back to him).
There are times when Godzilla vs the Sea Monster looks to be one of the more compelling and entertaining 'Zilla' movies from the 60's, this despite the fact that the big green guy doesn't show up until 55 minutes(!) into the proceedings.
I think what I responded to most positively were two things, and one of these could have been something of a negative but it isn't: first is that it isn't about monsters fighting over a city, and it doesn't involve those aliens or other beings that popped up in the few entries before this one (i.e. Monster Zero), and would show up later again in things like Mecha-Godzilla.But the other thing, and this may be an aspect viewers won't fully appreciate amid the "B-movie" adventureness of it, is that Godzilla vs the Sea Monster is the first one in the series since, well, could it be the first one(?) that deals with the issue of nuclear energy.
The enemies of the film are scientists from some rogue organization - are they affiliated with the government, or more of a Dr. Evil rogue thing, I'm still not sure, the story is only clear enough to get the main beats across that they're using an island to test out their ready-made disastrous weapons - and they make for good foils for our heroes, who make up stowaways and a thief and one guy on the look out for his brother, who is actually on Infant Island.Does it necessarily mean that director Jun Fukada and writer Senichi Sekizawa are out to make some profound *statement* about nuclear weapons and such?
But it is more about their story, how they're using and abusing the natives on the island as slaves, and that they don't know a literal sleeping giant is in their midst under some rocks.I forget how exactly Godzilla wound up there after the last entry, but no matter: using lighting (what is he, Frankenstein's monster?
Actually, this was meant to be a Toho-produced Frankenstein movie, or a King Kong one, either makes sense), Godzilla is resurrected, and fights Ebirah, a giant crab monster.
In a way the crab monster isn't even the real threat of the movie, despite that it attacks some people on a boat and fights Godzilla a couple of times.
And while Godzilla does get some fun screen time when he shows up, that also comes a little late into the movie which otherwise features this 'Sea Monster' of the title that is little more than a very slightly upgraded version of what Roger Corman cooked up in the 1957 quickie ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS.
I liked the actors playing the stowaways on the boat with the thief who end up becoming the heroes of their own story, they had believable deliveries and made the characters interesting enough (far as a Toho Godzilla movie of the period allows), and I especially loved the music that plays during some of the fights - in particular, during one of those "oh, they're doing THIS again?" moments when planes come around to fire at Godzilla, surf-Rockabilly grooves come up and it makes it...
Godzilla Vs The Sea Monster,to use the most common title,is a disappointment after the great Godzilla films of the early 60s,when the series was arguably at it's artistic peak and also at it's most commercially successful.
Declining audiences led to Toho cutting the budgets for their films,therefore this one {and the next instalment,Son Of Godzilla}takes place almost entirely on a Pacific island,thus eliminating the need for big destruction scenes.
In one scene,he even shows interest in a human female,something you may expect from Kong but not Godzilla.Still,the film is still fun,with James Bond and castaway-story elements.
Not a serious G movie,but a fun romp in  which a non-threatening Godzilla ( who looks like the Cookie Monster!) plays handball with a giant lobster,before dispatching him.There is a nonsensical sub-plot about baddies with a nuclear bomb,but it is acted in such a lame and unreal fashion that I don't think it would bug the kids.The plot was originally written for King Kong,but the production company could not procure the rights for the Kong name.Hence the use of Godzilla,who is referred to as FRANKENSTEIN in a German translation of the title.Is Frankenstein a generic name for a monster in German B-movie language?I cannot imagine any confusion between Boris Karloff and Big G!.
Seventh Godzilla picture sees the big guy being re-awakened by young castaways who became stranded on an island whose local population is being used as slave labor by a terrorist organization called Red Bamboo, who are trying to escape the clutches of a giant lobster named Ebirah.
Change of pace entry is set away from the cities for a change, which was welcome, and the story is most enjoyable, although Ebirah never quite caught on like other Toho studio monsters did (for whatever reason).
This definitely is one of Toho's weaker efforts.However, this film still is a has a lot of great action and it is a pretty decent entry into the Godzilla series..
the Sea Monster" twice today- once with the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew ripping it apart in a veru good but not great episode (the only great bit being the 'Godzilla bop' skit, one of the best skits in the show's early years), and the second time in all its unedited, pure horror.
the Sea Monster (1966) * (out of 4) Japanese versionGodzilla and Mothra team up to fight a huge lobster with bad breathe.
For the Seafood Lover in You. A military regime heads a base on a far away island, away from all and protected by Ebirah, a giant red lobster.
All attempted escapes from the island are halted by the giant lobster monster Ebirah.
Starting from when Godzilla attacks the Red Bamboo base, the suit looks like straight up *&^%!
None the less, the giant lobster looked good in the Toho pool and his duels with Godzilla were entertaining.
It's a rehash of this film; Godzilla on an island with slightly better monsters but Minilla arrives .
At the end of the movie, Ebirah is defeated and Godzilla escapes the island before an atomic bomb is exploded.
(Or not.) Anyway, the characters are fun and engaging.As for the fight between Godzilla and the sea monster, I enjoyed it.
Watching the "big G" swat the planes down like flies was great.Other fun things: Two men getting impaled by the sea monster, a hot girl wearing only bikini for 2/3 of the movie and plenty of good INTENTIONAL humor.Warning: The old VHS release of this movie featured an American dub that was outstanding.
This movie featured the monster tennis match between Godzilla (Giant, mutant lizard with atomic breath capability), and Ebirah (Giant, mutant shrimp with ability to annoy).