Gigantis, the Fire Monster

Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)Cast and Crew

Movie"Nothing like it ever before! The fantastic war of the giant fire monsters!"

Cast

H
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Shoichi Tsukioka
K
Keye Luke
as Shoichi Tsukioka (voice)
S
Setsuko Wakayama
as Hidemi Yamaji
A
Aya Oyama
as Hidemi Yamaji (voice)
M
Minoru Chiaki
as Kôji Kobayashi
M
Marvin Miller
as Koji Kobayashi / Narrator (voices)
M
Masao Shimizu
as Dr. Tadokoro
M
Mayuri Mokushô
as Yasuko Inouye, Koji's girl
T
Takeo Oikawa
as Osaka Chief of Police
M
Minosuke Yamada
as Chief of Civil Defense
T
Takashi Shimura
as Doctor Yamane
S
Sonosuke Sawamura
as Foreman Shibeki
Y
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Member of Osaka's SDF Tajima
Y
Yukio Kasama
as President of Fishery Koehi Yamaji
P
Paul Frees
as Doctor Kyohei Yamane, Commander of Osaka's SDF Terasawa, President of Fishery Koehi Yamaji (voices)
R
Ren Yamamoto
as Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda
G
George Takei
as Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda (voice)
S
Seijirô Onda
as Commander of Osaka's SDF Terasawa
S
Shin Ōtomo
as Convict Leader
S
Senkichi Ōmura
as Convict
H
Haruo Nakajima
as Gigantis
K
Katsumi Tezuka
as Angurus
S
Shōichi Hirose
as Convict

Crew

H
Hugo Grimaldi
Director
M
Motoyoshi Oda
Director
P
Paul Schreibman
Producer
I
Ib Melchior
Original Story
E
Ed Watson
Original Story
H
Hugo Grimaldi
Writer
S
Shigeru Kayama
Original Story
S
Shigeaki Hidaka
Screenplay
M
Masaki Ônuma
Lighting Technician
T
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
S
Seiichi Endo
Director of Photography
T
Teruaki Abe
Production Design
S
Shigeru Kayama
Novel
S
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
E
Edmund Goldman
Associate Producer
R
Rex Lipton
Music Editor
K
Kazuo Baba
Production Manager
T
Takeo Kita
Production Design
T
Takeo Murata
Screenplay
E
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
H
Hugo Grimaldi
Editor
E
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
I
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects
P
Paul Sawtell
Music
T
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design
M
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects
Y
Yasuei Yagi
Modeling
M
Masao Shirota
Special Effects
E
Eiji Iwashiro
First Assistant Director
K
Kanju Yagi
Costume Design
Y
Yasuei Yagi
Costume Design
H
Hajime Tsuburaya
Special Effects Assistant
B
Bert Shefter
Music
H
Hajime Tsuburaya
Special Effects
E
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Director
T
Teizô Toshimitsu
Modeling
Y
Yoshio Suzuki
Assistant Costume Designer
E
Eizo Kaimai
Modeling
Y
Yoshio Suzuki
Modeling
M
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects Assistant
T
Tohl Narita
Visual Effects Art Director
Y
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
K
Kazuji Taira
Editor
M
Masakatsu Asai
Special Effects Assistant
Y
Yoshio Irie
Special Effects Assistant
K
Kanju Yagi
Modeling
A
Akira Watanabe
Visual Effects Art Director
H
Hidesaburo Araki
Visual Effects
H
Hajime Tsuburaya
Visual Effects Camera
M
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects
Y
Yoshio Irie
Visual Effects Art Director
M
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Visual Effects Camera
Y
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects Assistant
S
Sadamasa Arikawa
VFX Director of Photography
T
Teizô Toshimitsu
Sculptor
E
Eizo Kaimai
Costume Design
H
Hiroshi Mukoyama
Special Effects
S
Sadamasa Arikawa
Special Effects
Y
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects
T
Tohl Narita
Special Effects Assistant
H
Hidesaburo Araki
Visual Effects Camera
Y
Yasuyuki Inoue
Special Effects Assistant
Y
Yôichi Manoda
Visual Effects Camera
M
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
H
Herschel Burke Gilbert
Music
M
Masaru Satō
Music

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