July 31, 2023

This Day in Halloween: Japanese kaiju film "War of the Gargantuas" starring Russ Tamblyn opens in Japan in 1966. / Illustration by Deanna Lim

Japanese kaiju film War of the Gargatuas opens in Japan in 1966. Technically, a sequel to the 1965 Japanese-American co-production Frankenstein Conquers The World, the film stars Russ Tamblyn and features a battle between gigantic siblings — a friendly brown creature from the mountains and savage green one from the sea. It opens, edited and dubbed, in the U.S. in 1970.

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