Destroy All Monsters

"The mysterious Kilaaks appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters!"

1968 1h 29m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 299

Science FictionAction

Synopsis

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At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the monsters across the world.

“The mysterious Kilaaks appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters!”

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Cast

Akira Kubo
Katsuo Yamabe
Jun Tazaki
Dr. Yoshido
Yukiko Kobayashi
Kyoko Manabe
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Dr. Otani
Chōtarō Tōgin
Ogata
Yoshibumi Tajima
General
Kenji Sahara
Commander Nishikawa
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Engineer

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ishirō Honda
Writers: Ishirō Honda, Takeshi Kimura
Languages: French, Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Japanese.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Godzilla (Showa) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ishirō Honda, shot by Taiichi Kankura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Akira Ifukube. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ryôhei Fujii shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Akira Kubo and Jun Tazaki and Yukiko Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ishirō Honda directs. Taiichi Kankura behind the camera. Akira Ifukube scores. Ryôhei Fujii cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in French, Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
258 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, Japanese.
4Part of the "Godzilla (Showa) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Ishirō Honda, shot by Taiichi Kankura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Akira Ifukube. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ryôhei Fujii shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Akira Kubo and Jun Tazaki and Yukiko Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The mysterious Kilaaks appear! Shaking the universe, the great battle of 11 monsters!".
10IMDB entry: tt0063172 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 19 themes, including "mind control", "japan", "monster", "giant monster".
12Released under 16 different titles around the world.