Dogora

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

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.

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