Yog, Monster from Space (1970)

Yog, Monster from Space
Credits
Title:	Yog, Monster from Space
Genres:	Sci-fi
Directed by:	Ishirô Honda
Written by:	Ei Ogawa
Produced by:	Tomoyuki Tanaka; Fumio Tanaka; Samuel Z. Arkoff ; Salvatore Billitteri
Music by:	Akira Ifukube
Cinematography:	Taiichi Kankura
Edited by:	Masahisa Himi
Production
Distributed by:	Toho Company, Ltd.
Released:	August 1st, 1970
Rating:	G
Running time:	84 min.
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
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Yog: Monster from Space is a Japanese feature film of the daikaiju ("giant monster") subgenre. It was directed by Ishirô Honda with a screenplay written by Ei Ogawa. It was produced by Toho Company, Ltd. and released theatrically in Japan on August 1st, 1970.

Cast

Actor	Role
Akira Kubo	Taro Kudo
Atsuko Takahashi	Ayako Hoshino
Yukiko Kobayashi	Saki, native girl
Kenji Sahara	Makoto Obata
Yoshio Tsuchiya	Doctor Kyoichi Mida
Yû Fujiki	Promotion Division manager
Noritake Saito	Rico, the guide
Yûko Sugihara	Stewardess
Sachio Sakai	The editor
Chôtarô Tôgin	Yokoyama, an agent
Wataru Ômae	Sakura
Tetsu Nakamura	Chieftain Ombo
Yukihiko Gondo	Islander
Shigeo Katô	Islander
Rinsaku Ogata	Islander
Haruo Nakajima	Gezora-Kamoebas
Haruyoshi Nakamura	Ganimes

Notes

• Copyright holder: © 1970, Toho Company, Ltd.

• Yog: Monster from Space redirects to this page.

• The original Japanese title for this film is Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû (which redirects to this page).

• This film has also been released under the titles Yog: The Space Amoeba, Yog: Monster from Outer Space and Space Amoeba.

• This film was shot on-location in Guam.

• Yog: Monster from Space premiered in the United States in New York City, New York on August 4th, 1971.

• Yog: Monster from Space premiered in Brazil in December, 1971.

• Yog: Monster from Space premiered in West Germany on October 27th, 1972.

• This is Ishirô Honda's forty-seventh film as a director.

• This is the first, and to date, only known film work for actress Yûko Sugihara.

• The giant sea turtle, Kamoebas, also appears in the 2003 daikaiju film Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., where he is briefly seen as a carcass washed up on the Pacific Coast.

• Yog was featured in the Godzilla: Monster of Monsters video game, which was released by Toho Company in 1988.

Recommendations

Giant monster films

Godzilla films

Gojira Godzilla (2014) Godzilla 1985 Godzilla 2000 Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla Godzilla Raids Again Godzilla: Final Wars Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. Godzilla vs. Biollante Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Godzilla vs. Gigan Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Godzilla vs. Megalon Godzilla vs. Monster Zero Godzilla vs. Mothra Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster Godzilla's Revenge Destroy All Monsters King Kong vs. Godzilla Mothra vs. Godzilla Return of Godzilla, The Son of Godzilla Terror of Mechagodzilla

Other Kaiju

Atragon Cloverfield Frankenstein Conquers the World Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster King Kong King Kong Escapes Kong: Skull Island

Mothra Pacific Rim Reptisaurus Rodan Varan the Unbelievable War of the Gargantuas Yog, Monster from Space

See also

• Yog, Monster from Space
• Yog, Monster from Space media
• Yog, Monster from Space images
• Yog, Monster from Space characters
• Yog, Monster from Space miscellaneous

External Links

• Yog: Monster from Space at IMDB
• Yog: Monster from Space at Wikipedia
• Yog: Monster from Space at Toho Kingdom
• Yog: Monster from Space at Themoviedb.org
• Yog: Monster from Space at Horrormovies.org
• Yog: Monster from Space at Rotten Tomatoes
• Yog: Monster from Space at the Godzilla Wiki

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