FEATURE FILM

Space Amoeba

6.4/10
TMDB56 votes
1970Original: Japanese84 min

When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Genres: Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
Cast: Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya

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About Space Amoeba

An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!

Space Amoeba (1970) is a film in the science fiction, adventure, horror genres. Directed by Ishirō Honda. The cast includes Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara.

Released
1970-08-01
Original language
Japanese
Runtime
84 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Tokyo Laboratory
Directors
Ishirō Honda
Writers
Ei Ogawa

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6.4/10 from 56 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this…

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This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!

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When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.

Who stars in Space Amoeba?

Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi, Kenji Sahara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Tetsu Nakamura. See the cast cards above for character names.

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