All Monsters Attack
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| Godzilla Minilla Gabara All Giant Monsters Attack | |
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| Directed by | Ishirō Honda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Shinichi Sekizawa |
| Starring | Tomonori Yazaki Eisei Amamoto Sachio Sakai Kazuo Suzuki Kenji Sahara |
| Music by | Kunio Miyauchi |
| Cinematography | Sokei Tomioka |
| Editing by | Masahisa Himi |
| Distributed by | Toho UPA/Maron Films |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1969 December 8, 1971 (USA) |
| Running time | 69 min (USA) |
| Language | Japanese English |
| Preceded by | Destroy All Monsters |
| Followed by | Godzilla vs. Hedorah |
All Monsters Attack, released in Japan as Godzilla, Minilla, Gabara: All Monsters on Parade (ゴジラ • ミニラ • ガバラ オール 怪獣大進撃 Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki), is a 1969 tokusatsu film, also known as Godzilla's Revenge. The 10th film in Toho Studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Ishiro Honda, who also directed the special effects, assisted by Teruyoshi Nakano. This is the second film to feature Ebirah and Kamacuras. It is the third film to feature Gorosaurus, Anguirus, Kumonga, Manda, and Minilla. Despite the credits in both versions, Eiji Tsuburaya had nothing to do with this film, aside from the featured stock footage. The "Special Effects Supervised by" credit was given out of respect, since he was still the head of the Visual Effects Department.
In contrast to previous films in the series, this film is openly aimed at children. As such, most reviewers have distinctly negative impressions of the film. However even these reviewers sometimes concede that children (the audience for whom the film was made) have a more positive impression of the film.[1][2][3]
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[edit] Plot
Ichiro is a highly imaginative but lonely latchkey kid growing up in urban Tokyo. Every day he comes home to his family's empty apartment. His only friends are a toymaker named Shinpei Inami and a young girl named Sachiko. Every day after school, Ichiro is terrorized by a gang of bullies led by a child named Gabara. After seeing Godzilla attack the docks of Tokyo, to escape his loneliness, Ichiro goes to sleep and dreams about Monster Island, where he befriends Minilla, the son of Godzilla. During through parts of the adventure, they both watch Godzilla battle monsters such as Ebirah, Kamacuras, Kumonga, and the Giant Condor (also known as Condra).
Through these adventures, Ichiro watches as Minilla deals with his own bully, a monster also named Gabara. Godzilla sees this happen to Minilla. To train Minilla, Godzilla makes him fight. Then Ichiro helps Minilla fight back at Gabara and wins through some help of Godzilla. It is through these trips that he learns how to face his fears and fight back. These lessons also grant him the courage to outwit two bumbling bank robbers, as well as have the guts to stand up to Gabara and his gang in a final confrontation.
[edit] Gabara
| Toho character | |
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| Gabara | |
| Species | Dream Ogre/Kappa |
| Height | 58 metres |
| Weight | 23,000 tons |
| Origins | Dream |
| Major enemies | Minilla Godzilla Godman Greenman |
| First appearance | All Monsters Attack (1969) |
| Created by | Ishirô Honda |
| Portrayed by: | Yasuhiko Kakusachi |
Gabara (ガバラ) is a fictional kaiju (giant monster) featured in the 1969 Japanese tokusatsu film All Monsters Attack (also known as "Godzilla's Revenge"), the tenth Godzilla film to be produced by Toho. Gabara is the primary antagonist of the film.
[edit] Overview
Just as All Monsters Attack is one of the more distinctive entries in the Godzilla canon — existing, as Gabara does, entirely inside the dreams of a small child — Gabara is unique. Not obviously based on any real animal or mythological creature, Gabara's costume is similar to an ogre or troll, with a turquoise, warty hide. On top of his head is a mane of scruffy orange fur with a series of horns protruding from it. His facial features are vaguely feline, and his roar sounds like a crazed, throaty warble. Gabara has the power to project electricity through physical contact, and uses this ability to electrocute Minya, and later, Godzilla. Promotional photos for All Monsters Attack also depict Gabara shooting lightning bolts from his hands, though this ability was never depicted in the film.
[edit] Media appearances
Within the context of the film, Gabara is a representation within the dreams of Ichiro, the main character, of a schoolyard bully of the same name. Similarly, Ichiro is represented by Minya, Godzilla's son. After Godzilla defends his offspring in Ichiro's dreams, Ichiro is able to overcome his fears and confront the real Gabara.
The character did not make any further appearances in Godzilla films, but the name and costume were reused in the second episode of Yuke! Godman and the following year in the fourteenth episode of the short Kyodai Hero television series Ike! Greenman. However the Godman and Greenman shows were not linked to any sort of continuity with the various Toho films.[4] Also, the monster's name was used for a lake in the three minute long Godzilla Island.
[edit] U.S. version
The film was released on December 8, 1971 by Maron Films as Godzilla's Revenge on a double bill with Island of the Burning Damned in North American theatres and drive ins. Also later re-released on a double bill with War of the Gargantuas.
There are some minor alterations between the U.S. and Japanese versions:
- Dialogue is dubbed to English.
- The Japanese version featured a vocal song over the opening credits (Kaiju no Māchi or March of the Monsters), while the American version features jazzy music from a yet unknown source.
[edit] Box office
In Japan, the film sold 1,480,000 tickets. This was over a million tickets less than the previous Godzilla film, Destroy All Monsters (and it was the first Godzilla film to sell less than 2 million tickets).
[edit] Titles
- All Monsters Attack
- Godzilla's Revenge
- Minya, Son of Godzilla
[edit] DVD releases
Classic Media
- Released: Original Japanese version with English version as part of the Toho Master collection; originally supposed to be released in September 2007 but was made an "exclusive" to the Godzilla Toho Master Collection Box Set in November 2007, this and Terror of Mechagodzilla, it was released separately on April 29, 2008.
- Region 1
- Note: Part of the Toho Collection
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- "ゴジラ・ミニラ・ガバラ オール 怪獣大進撃 (Gojira Minira Gabara Ōru Kaijū Daishingeki)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1969/cs004030.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-18.
- All Monsters Attack - TOHO KINGDOM
- All Monsters Attack - TOHO KINGDOM
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