August 1, 1970
Space Amoeba (ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦！南海の大怪獣 Gezora Ganime Kamēba: Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijū, lit. "Gezora, Ganimes, Kamoebas: Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas") is a 1970 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Ei Ogawa, with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa. Produced by Toho, it was Honda's last film before he left his contract with the studio and the first kaiju film made after the death of longtime special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, with Arikawa, one of his protégés, acting as the director of special effects for this film. It stars Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, and Tetsu Nakamura. The film was released to to Japanese theaters by Toho on August 1, 1970, as part of the Summer Toho Champion Festival. American International Pictures released an edited English-dubbed version titled Yog, Monster from Space to theaters in the United States the following year.
Storyline
The story is set into motion when a mysterious alien lifeform takes command of the unmanned probe Helios 7, splashing down near a South Pacific island called Sergio. Mutating a cuttlefish, two stone crabs, and a mata mata turtle into giant monsters, the Space Amoeba wages war against the island's inhabitants and a group of Japanese visitors, who must stop it before it can escape the island and conquer the entire planet.
Sound Effects Used
- Toho, Ebirah Screech (Used slightly edited for Ganimes.)
- Toho, Gezora Roar (Debut)