The War of the Gargantuas

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Ishirô Honda

Writing Credits

Reuben Bercovitch
(story)
Ishirô Honda
(writer)
Takeshi Kimura
(as Kaoru Mabuchi)

Cast

Russ Tamblyn
Dr. Paul Stewart
Kumi Mizuno
Akemi Togawa
Kenji Sahara
Dr. Yuzo Majida
Nobuo Nakamura
Dr. Kita
Jun Tazaki
General
Hisaya Itô
Police Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima
Police Officer
Ren Yamamoto
Sailor
Kipp Hamilton
Singer
Kôzô Nomura
General's Aide
Nadao Kirino
Soldier
Shôichi Hirose
Soldier
Tadashi Okabe
Defiant Reporter
Hideo Shibuya
Skeptical Reporter
Yoshio Katsube
Reporter
Yutaka Oka
Reporter
Ikio Sawamura
Fisherman #1
Seishirô Kuno
Fisherman #2
Someshô Matsumoto
Official
Gorô Mutsumi
Dr. Paul Stewart
Bin Furuya
Coast Guard Staff
Shigeo Katô
JSDF Member
Akio Kusama
Self Defense Force Executive
Haruo Nakajima
Gaira
Yû Sekita
Sanda
Keiichirô Katsumoto
Haneda Airport Evacuee / Maritime Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff
Eisaburo Komatsu
Hiker
Keiji Sakakida
Beer Garden Customer / Villager Evacuee
Haruya Sakamoto
Officer B.
Kôichi Satô
Self - Defense Force Member
Masaaki Tachibana
News Reporter
Shirô Tsuchiya
Ground Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff
Mitsuo Tsuda
Officer C
Sôji Ubukata
Haneda Airport Refugee / Director of Defense Agency / Doctor

Produced by

Reuben Bercovitch
executive producer / producer (US version)
Henry G. Saperstein
producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
producer
Kenichirô Tsunoda
executive producer

Music by

Akira Ifukube

Cinematography by

Hajime Koizumi

Editing by

Ryôhei Fujii

Production Design by

Takeo Kita
Mutsumi Toyoshima

Production Management

Shoichi Koga
production manager
Richard Krown
production supervisor (US version) (as S. Richard Krown)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kôji Kajita
chief assistant director

Art Department

Tôru Narita
monster designs
Teizô Toshimitsu
special effects suit designer

Sound Department

Sadamasa Nishimoto
sound effects editor
Norio Tone
sound recordist

Special Effects by

Kaimai Eizo
special effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
special effects art director
Fumio Nakadai
special effects wire work
Teruyoshi Nakano
chief assistant special effects director
Yasuaki Sakamoto
special effects production manager
Eiji Tsuburaya
director of special effects
Kôichi Kawakita
special effects opticals assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Sadamasa Arikawa
special effects cameraman
Sadao Iizuka
designer of maser beams
Kyuichirô Kishida
special effects lighting
Hiroshi Mukoyama
special effects opticals
Sokei Tomioka
special effects cameraman

Stunts

Haruo Nakajima
stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Toshio Takashima
lighting technician

Editorial Department

Frederic L. Knudtson
editor: US version (as Frederick L. Knudtson)

Music Department

Philip Green
composer: stock music (english version)

Additional Crew

Juan Fava
anthropological researcher
Riley Jackson
dialogue supervisor (US version)
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