Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ishirô Honda

Writing Credits

Shin'ichi Sekizawa
(written by)

Cast

Akira Takarada
Ichiro Sakai
Yuriko Hoshi
Junko Nakanishi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Professor Miura
Yû Fujiki
Jiro Nakamura
Kenji Sahara
Jiro Torahata
Emi Itô
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Itô
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yoshifumi Tajima
Kumayama
Jun Tazaki
Murata, Newspaper Editor
Kenzô Tabu
Mayor
Yoshio Kosugi
Chief of Infant Island
Akira Tani
Village Headman
Susumu Fujita
JSDF General
Yutaka Sada
School Principal
Ikio Sawamura
Priest
Ren Yamamoto
Sailor
Kôzô Nomura
Soldier
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Police Officer
Mitsuo Tsuda
Self Defense Force Officer
Shin Ôtomo
Police Officer
Senkichi Ômura
Villager
Miki Yashiro
Schoolteacher
Wataru Ômae
Islander
Shirô Tsuchiya
Fisherman
Kôji Uno
Villager
Yutaka Nakayama
Islander
Toshihiko Furuta
Soldier
Hideo Shibuya
Journalist
Kôichi Satô
Happy Kogyosha Employee
Hiroshi Akitsu
Fisherman
Tadashi Okabe
Soldier
Haruya Sakamoto
Defense Force Member
Seishirô Kuno
Aide
Katsumi Tezuka
Mothra
Haruo Nakajima
Gojira
Bin Furuya
Police Officer
Hans Horneff
Press Official
Ralph Jesser
U.S. Army Officer
Yoshio Katsube
Fisherman of Shizunoura / Front Desk Clerk of Hamakazi Hotel / Firefighter at pier
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Infanto islander / Passer-by in Nagoya
Shigeo Katô
Native islander
Eisaburo Komatsu
Self Defense Force Member
Akio Kusama
Defense Force Executive, aborigine
Keiji Sakakida
Native Islander / Nagoya Passer-by
Junnosuke Suda
Military Official
Masaaki Tachibana
Kuratahama Polder Man / Self-Defense Forces Member / Hotel Guest Evacuee
Kamayuki Tsubono
Aboriginal / Fleeing hotel guest
Sôji Ubukata
Morning Newspaper Employee
Harold Conway
Weapon's Expert on US Ship
Robert Dunham
US Navy Soldier
Kazuo Hinata
Prefectural Assembly Secretary / Morning Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Osman Yusuf
Missile Surveyor on US Ship

Produced by

Sanezumi Fujimoto
executive producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
producer

Music by

Akira Ifukube

Cinematography by

Hajime Koizumi

Editing by

Ryôhei Fujii
Ishirô Honda
(1970 Champion Festival reissue)

Production Design by

Takeo Kita

Production Management

Boku Morimoto
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kôji Kajita
chief assistant director

Sound Department

Hiroshi Mukoyama
sound mixer
Sadamasa Nishimoto
sound effects editor
Hisashi Shimonaga
sound effects / sound technician
Fumio Yanoguchi
sound recordist

Special Effects by

Kaimai Eizo
special effects
Hiroshi Mukoyama
special effects opticals
Keizô Murase
special effects
Teruyoshi Nakano
assistant director of special effects
Teizô Toshimitsu
special effects suit designer
Eiji Tsuburaya
director of special effects
Akira Watanabe
art director of special effects

Visual Effects by

Sadamasa Arikawa
director of special effects photography
Sadao Iizuka
visual effects
Kyuichirô Kishida
special effects lighting
Yukio Manoda
optical photographer
Minoru Nakano
optical effects animation
Yoshiyuki Tokumasa
optical photography
Sokei Tomioka
special effects cameraman

Stunts

Haruo Nakajima
stunt choreographer

Camera and Electrical Department

Shoshichi Kojima
lighting technician

Additional Crew

Samuel Z. Arkoff
presenter (english version)
Jason Franzman
English subtitles (english version)
James H. Nicholson
presenter (english version)
All Filters