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Dogora, released in Japan as Uchū Daikaijū Dogora , is a 1964 Japanese science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, written by Jojiro Okami and Shinichi Sekizawa, and produced by Yasuyoshi Tajitsu and Tomoyuki Tanaka, 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 creature from space that attacks Japan.
Original Release
08/11/1964
US Release
04/01/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yosuke Natsuki | Inspector Kommei / Inspector Komei |
Yôko Fujiyama | Masayo Kirino / Masayo |
Hiroshi Koizumi | Kirino |
Nobuo Nakamura | Dr. Munakata / Doctor Matakata |
Robert Dunham | Mark Jackson |
Akiko Wakabayashi | Hamako the Gangster Moll / Gang Moll |
Jun Tazaki | Chief Inspector |
Susumu Fujita | General Iwasa |
Seizaburô Kawazu | Gangster Boss |
Hideyo Amamoto | Maki the Safecracker |
Directors
Writers
Jôjirô Okami, Shin'ichi Sekizawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yosuke Natsuki | Inspector Kommei / Inspector Komei |
Yôko Fujiyama | Masayo Kirino / Masayo |
Hiroshi Koizumi | Kirino |
Nobuo Nakamura | Dr. Munakata / Doctor Matakata |
Robert Dunham | Mark Jackson |
Akiko Wakabayashi | Hamako the Gangster Moll / Gang Moll |
Jun Tazaki | Chief Inspector |
Susumu Fujita | General Iwasa |
Seizaburô Kawazu | Gangster Boss |
Hideyo Amamoto | Maki the Safecracker |
Haruya Katô | Sabu the Small Fry / Sabu, small henchman |
Yoshifumi Tajima | Gangster |
Nadao Kirino | Gangster |
Akira Wakamatsu | Gangster |
Jun Funato | Inspector Nitta |
Takuzô Kumagai | Defense Corps Executive |
Hideo Shibuya | Nosy Reporter |
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Military Official / Ginza police officer |
Shôichi Hirose | Diamond Truck Driver / Thermal power plant staff |
Ichirô Chiba | Diamond Truck Passenger |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Z. Arkoff | Executive Producer |
James H. Nicholson | Executive Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
Yasuyoshi Tajitsu | Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |