Top 10 Japanese Monster Movies!
by rcmerchant-21914 | created - 17 Feb 2020 | updated - 17 Feb 2020 | Publicmonsters!
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1. Godzilla (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
American nuclear weapons testing results in the creation of a seemingly unstoppable, dinosaur-like beast.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
Votes: 29,538 | Gross: $2.42M
2. Space Amoeba (1970)
G | 84 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A space probe is infiltrated by alien beings and then crashes on a remote Pacific atoll. A group planning to build a resort hotel land on the island and discover it to be inhabited by giant... See full summary »
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara
Votes: 1,077
3. Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
PG | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Director: Hajime Satô | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Satô, Eizô Kitamura, Hideo Kô
Votes: 1,488
4. Body of the Prey (1967)
Unrated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A NASA scientist is ordered to take a vacation due to showing signs of stress while working on his latest missile project.
Director: Norman Earl Thomson | Stars: James Craig, Tota Kondo, Lawrence O'Neill, Al Ricketts
Votes: 523
5. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
G | 88 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Female aliens take control of Earth's monsters and begin using them to destroy the human race.
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Votes: 5,454
6. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
The disappearance of a princess coincides with the arrival of a prophetess who warns of the return of Godzilla, Rodan and the arrival of a civilization destroying space monster.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Yôsuke Natsuki, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Akiko Wakabayashi
Votes: 5,654
7. King Kong Escapes (1967)
G | 96 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
King Kong is brought in by an evil ruler to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot MechaKong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada
Votes: 2,284
8. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
G | 84 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Ape-like aliens build a robotic Godzilla to destroy Japan, and the true Godzilla may not be powerful enough to destroy it.
Director: Jun Fukuda | Stars: Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima, Akihiko Hirata
Votes: 5,821
9. Mothra (1961)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A giant, ancient moth begins to attack Japan when coming to the rescue of its two, foot-tall worshippers who were taken by shipwreck survivors.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Yumi Itô
Votes: 3,884
10. Rodan (1956)
Unrated | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A large mining accident sets loose prehistoric insects and giant pterosaurs on Japan.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Akihiko Hirata, Akio Kobori
Votes: 4,561 | Gross: $0.50M
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