Up From The Depths Reviews | Dogora (1964)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2020
- A huge jellyfish-like creature descends from space, threatening to consume the world's supply of carbon.
Released: August 11, 1964
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka and Yasuyoshi Tajitsu
Director: Ishiro Honda
Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa, story by Jojiro Okami
Music: Akira Ifukube
Special Effects: Eiji Tsuburaya
Starring:
Yosuke Natsuki - Inspector Komai
Robert Dunham - Mark Jackson
Nobuo Nakamura - Dr. Munakata
Hiroshi Koizumi - Kirino
Yoko Fujiyama - Masayo Kirino
Akiko Wakabayashi - Gangster Natsui Hamako
Susumu Fujita - General Iwasa
Seizaburou Kawazu - Gangster Boss
Yoshifumi Tajima - Gangster Zenichi Tada
Hideyo Amamoto - Gangster Joe Maki Safecracker
Haruya Katou - Short Gangster Sabu
Jun Tazaki - Chief Inspector
Jun Funado - Inspector Nitta
Nadao Kirino - Gangster Gen
Akira Wakamatsu - Gangster Pine
#Dogora #DagoratheSpaceMonster
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man i sure do hate it when a giant space jellyfish steals the diamonds i worked so hard to steal
I just steal them better than you 👾
He does need them to feed himself
@@dreademperor2094 a delicacy fit for an entity like me
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 even cosmic entities need to eat
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 No
Dogora is probably the most original and strangest Kaiju design I’ve seen
Thank you for such praiseworthy words. Good fortune will come to you.
A shame it didn't get more screen time.
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 holy cheese he's in the comments section, we're doomed
@@scado5679 know my power mortal
@@scado5679 just feed him a diamond or two. Diamonds are a Dogora's best friend, after all.
Dogora is a perfect example of how practical effects can make a kaiju movie great. Dogora (the kaiju) is an interesting concept, and I'd love to see it in a future monster movie.
I'm betting you'll do Gorath next, and I won't complain one way or the other
I thoroughly enjoyed Dogora, and find it to be an overlooked gem in Toho's science fiction catalogue. The imagery of the Dogora creature hovering above the city alone is one of the most dreamlike and well crafted sequences of any Kaiju film from the 60s in my opinion, and I thought the human storyline was intriguing and fun. Glad you got around to reviewing this one!
people in modern times forget just how much Toho liked human drama and disaster plots in movies :D
Thou have summoned me
Not so fast
@Dogora ironic to say considering thou is 2 years too late 👁👁
I've always remembered this movie for the mobsters having a giant rock land on them at the end.
Out of every kaiju, i find this one to be the most disturbing
They will all learn to fear me
It so creepy when it moves those tentacles with the four fingers are the stuff of nightmares
@Sofia Katsouda
That, and the heartbeat-like sound effect used whenever Dogora appears always got me 😱
Dogora is the scariest kaiju because the idea of a collosal mollusk like creature floating around in the atmosphere and grabbing things from the ground to consume them is nightmare fuel
Understandably so. My presence alone is enough to make mortals go insane, and my need to devour all is endless.
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 so you're a relative of the great old ones?
@@dreademperor2094 indeed I am
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 ok this family tree is gigantic
Sofia Katsouda Godzilla 1954 now that is a great movie 📼
One thing I like about Dogora is Robert Dunham. He was an American businessman in Japan wh ended up doing a lot of roles in Toho films. You can tell he was having a marvelous time in a major role as the more-Japanese-than-the-Japanese gaijin
So agree with you. His character, Mark Jackson, helps make this film a fun view.
Dogora as a monster was always so haunting and spooky to me. Something about it's massive ghostly tentacles in the sky was especially horrifying.
My arms can stretch for endless miles and ensnare anything...and anyone
I really enjoy this movie and adore the monster, but I would love a "Shin-Dogora" that dispensed with the jewel thief plot and explored the terrifying potential of what Dogora is doing. It eats carbon and worked its way from diamonds to coal... going to less and less concentrated forms of carbon. What's left after coal? Life. This creature has the potential to completely sterilize the planet of all organic molecules. That's an apocalyptic threat level even beyond Godzilla. Some filmmaker needs to lean into that more heavily!
It's not exactly the same, but in an episode of Ultra Q there was a monster that fed off of energy that threatened to engulf the earth. Any attempt to attack it just made it grow faster.
One day my child the universe will tremble and cower at the devourer of existence once more. I will return to claim the world, and none will ready for my arrival.
This is a great observation, giving some depth to the concept.
Dogora is one of my personal favourite Toho movies (along with The Mysterians and The Last Dinosaur) and kaiju. I absolutely adore the marionette work in the film
I gotta look this one up! The scenes with Dogora look other worldly almost like a dream
Was very pleasantly surprised by this one, super underrated entry in Toho’s filmography IMO.
fun tidbit, Media Blasters actually did the transfer for its dvd release in house instead of waiting for Toho's R2 dvd transfer, hence the good contrast and grading of the colors with blues and oranges on the picture, but at the cost of having the print being quite worny at times.
2nd monster that appeared in the Godzilla anime novel...
Low key Dagora may be one of the powerful kaiju ever. A masisve space jellyfish that consumes planets for their carbon is insane sounding.
My hunger knows no limits. The universe is my all you can eat buffet!
I actually thought Dogora was just them recording a actual jellyfish using special effects for the scene
I wonder what he is going to review next week, Latitude Zero (1969) or Space Ameoba (1970), he also forgot to review The H-Man (1958), Battle in Outer Space (1959), and Gorath (1962) but he might get to those some other time. The H-Man is also technically part of an unofficial trilogy by Toho that also includes The Secret of the Telegian (1960) and The Human Vapor (1960).
Dogora is hauntingly beautiful
"Dogora" is my favorite kaiju. I love the oddity of it all, including Ifukube's non-traditional score. I think it's closer to "Matango" than to any of the other haiju. And my favorite parts are the scenes with Akiko Wakabayashi--so beautiful.
Finally! Dogora gets some love!
Good fortune shall come to you my believer.
Excellent!! You knock every review out of the park.
Unless I'm mistaken, the only Toho Showa era kaiju movie left is Yog Space Amoeba.
There's also Gorath.
Dogora is so great. It's one of my favorite classic Toho films.
I grew up every Saturday morning watching Creature Double Feature. I WISH there was a channel that still showed all of these movies they are like distant whispers of my memory that you access with each upload. I have grown to love this channel since I found you. Thank you as always for another Awesome review and a look back to my childhood. In these Chaotic times we live in you must know how refreshing your work is to me and many others. /bow
It was a different time. And kids are a lot different now. Their imaginations are very thin, because everything is "in their face" today. Thankfully, there are still some, like you and I, that love watching them.
I've been looking forward to this one. I've only seen one clip of this movie but it was enough to tell me the effects were ahead of its time.
Great review - I can’t understand how I’m only learning of this movie now ! Dogora is absolutely Alien- it does indeed look like it came from Lovecrafts fevered mind ! I really need to track this down and watch it ASAP
Some of these effects look 20 years ahead of their time!
I find it interesting that of all the actors to appear in Toho’s films, i always tend to mix up the gaijins (Robert Dunham, Nick Adams, Russ Tamblyn, etc) 😄
i wish they would remake this movie, the sheer size of dogora is incredible. seeing it above cities, it's immense size and tentacles would be an incredible match for Ghidorah. the monster here may be limited, but after 56 years, it's left it's mark. wouldn't this be something hovering above skull island ?? !!! thanks for posting this.
One day my child I shall return. Bigger and better!
Mark Jackson is my favorite Showa Era character in a kaiju film. He's too much fun!
The statement that Dogora is like a heist movie with a giant monster flying around in the background reminds me of how people say Godzilla Minus One is like a sad drama movie that could stand on its own but also has Godzilla showing up occasionally to scare the shit out of you.
The only way this film could have been any better is IF the human story had more of an existential dread feel to it; otherwise, this was one of the best kaiju films that I got to see when I was young. Adding to its mystique is the fact that it was rarely shown on t .v. A true, if overlooked gem.
Crimestick mst3k joke are those blue meanies 🤣
@@only257 cool story....
Spongebob and Patrick are going to have a hard time trying to catch Dogora
heck, they probably might not be able too!
I love this movie along with Gorath.
Probably Eiji Tsuburaya’s finest work. Peace.
1:49 “A large influx of bees ought to put a stop to that!”
I'm acutely allergic to bees...and peanuts
NO! NOT THE BEES!
Hope you never run out of material.
Honestly, he might be reaching the end of the road in terms of Toho kaiju movies. It's anyone's guess to say what he'll do after thise are inevitably exhausted. Godzilla The Series? Ultraman? We'll just have to wait and see.
I never knew Dogora existed, I find the movie very entertaining and joyful to watch. Dogora is a one time space monster he is definitely the most unusual Toho ever came up with.
I saw this years ago and it still stayed in my mind.
Wow this look's a cool and original monster movie,
why has it passed me by.
Paul Bacchus esq
I love your review. It is exactly as I see the film. Good monster, good subplot (diamond thieves). Mark Jackson is so very cool and Akiko Wakabayashi is a treat to watch on screen (as any Bond girl would be). A+ review!!
3 stars = Okay.
I haven't seen this movie since the 70s. I'd probably appreciate it more now than back then; not that I took it for granted. I lived for any Japanese monster movie!
It's such an interesting idea that I think is doomed by audience reception.
On paper it's great. You're basically pitching a heist movie set during a disaster film. Except instead of an earthquake or hurricane, it's a kaiju. That's genius.
But no matter how good it actually is I fear a larger audience will always reject it. After watching this I was immediately thinking "Yeah. This is great. We should do a really slickly polished one of these today. We could do the concept such justice!" But the counter is then that the critique you see coming a million miles away of where is the monster? Why does it have nothing to do with the monster?
I think the better you do each component the louder that complaint is too. The better the monster stuff the louder the voices complain when it's not the focus. The better the A plot the bigger the lampshading that it has nothing to do with the monster.
You could even try to hide the monster in the marketing, playing up the "natural disaster" angle, so that people aren't expecting a kaiju movie... but then critics will slam you for a "twist" that "has nothing to do with the plot".
Bums me out. I love the idea of Dogora and think you could do an even better execution of it... I just can't imagine a world where it makes anyone money so it'd never happen.
I guess that makes Dogora all the more special then.
Army of the Dead also did this now.
It is basically a grand heist film in a zombie apocalypse.
@@HydraSpectre1138 Nope’s Jean Jacket (The nick name of the creature) is basically a modern version of Dogora (The Monster Atleast), and wasnt really a monster movie
This review hit the nail on the head with how I felt with the movie. I went in wanting to see how they utilized the monster and left somewhat disappointed, but in retrospect can look back on how unique this movie truly is. Regardless of how I felt about the movie overall, though, I do think that the monster effects are the best out of the entire kaiju genre and absolutely hold up to this day, they seriously impressed me.
Great review,fun movie 📼
This looks nicely different, certainly going to give at watch!
Long have I waited
It gives me eerie vibes.
I actually want Dogora to make a comeback
One day my child...
Brandon, come back, we miss you!!
One step closer to reviewing every kaiju movie ever made.
It's one of Toho's quirkier, more interestingly plotted monster movies with equally offered though striking special effects. And god, Akiko Wakabayashi is just staggeringly beautiful here.
I've never seen this one, but the monster looks great.
Always felt bad for the diamond thieves. They just never got a break and in the end, bam!! :)
Now I have to see it!!!!
I actually read Robert Dunham's book 'Tokyo Unzipped', which is long out of print but able to be bought online. He seemed like such an interesting person.
Akiko wakabaysahi is such a an alluring beauty, it is sad that her character dies because she wanted to go into business for herself and she pays the price.
Dogara is the most hypnotizing and mysterious kaiju I've ever seen
Words of praise shall grant you good fortune my disciple
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 Praise Dogora, almighty lord of space jellyfish🙏
Hmm, this one I think I definitely have to watch.
Damn, I haven't seen this film in about 40 - 45 years.
Hello, Amazon? (Now that I know the title)
Keep up the good work
This kaiju is imo is one the most scary kaiju like imagine seeing a giant flying alien in the sky sucking up all your minerals and buildings
I'm surprised that this film doesn't have a DVD/BluRay release.
Patrick pass me the jellyfishing net.
Available on Amazon Prime!
Yay early! I loved this movie
I love this movie. An original concept and the scenes of Dogora hovering over Tokyo are errie and very effective. I have felt for some time, Toho made a monster movie where the human action takes center stage. Yeah, we come for the monster action and we do get that with Dogora. But I found the heist and detective stories just as entertaining as the monster stuff. I like the character of Robert Dunham. Kudos to Toho for making this bold entry. They tried something different and Dogora works for me.
As soon as a saw that Dogora was a giant jellyfish the inner biologist in me said: "so that's where Gamera's lunch went."
You have it backwards man of science. Among many things, turtle soup is what is on my menu.
@@dogorathespacejellyfish6534 really last time i checked sea turtles ate jellyfish as a regular part of their diet.
@@lolacrosby3478 this jellyfish has no predators. It does not fear what can be devoured, and that being all, including turtles and the so called "guardian of the universe". Your jellyfish of earth may be susceptible to shelled reptiles but I am no jellyfish of earth.
@@lolacrosby3478 it's best not to argue with a cosmic entity
Dogora is so pretty 🐙
Beautiful yet haunting and unsettling
If only the Godzilla anime did more with Dogora then just shoving it in the prequel novels.
As someone who constantly defends the anime trilogy, the prequel novels are superior.
In 1970's NY, we used to have annual Monster Weeks on the afternoon ABC 4:30 Movie. This movie used to turn up occasionally. We didn't like it. It took too long to get to the monster. Then it wasn't really around much.
I remember first seeing this movie on T.V.
You did not mention the banger soundtrack
Quite possibly, the weirdest creation from Toho. Maybe if the "Kaiju" had a more of an H.P. Lovecraft backstory, it might have been more memorable.
This movie be underrated asf. I really like dogora. He needs more love and is really creative in terms of design. I'm so glad he returned in godzilla monster planet
More creepy than kaiju but I loved it. Saw this movie as a kid on Klara Kackle's Creepy Cauldron out of South Bend. Back in the 70's. I miss those innocent times.
Dogora is definitely a band apart from typical Kaiju fare, but I think that's where its heart is.
I can only wonder what will be up next from this channel. Gorath? Space Amoeba? The Three Treasures
or its remake, Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
? Latitude Zero? Or will you move on to some other non-Toho Kaiju material all together?
Anyone who’s seen the new singular point trailer knows dogora and hedorah did the fusion dance.
I swear it almost feels like you already uploaded this? Still a good review.
The movie is decent and pretty entertaining.
Oohh! I'm not familiar with this one! Exciting!
I’m really hoping gorath is the next film you plan to do
They should have made a giant bee kaiju to fight Dogora
I bought some but not all of the Media Blasters DVDs before they went out of print. This was one of the ones I kept putting off.
Is anyone going to release it soon? It showed up on Amazon Prime last year, but the encoding was messed up. It's like they forgot to expand an anamorphic DVD, and there were vertical breaks.
Nice video! Quick note, Tsuburaya’s first name is pronounced like Ay-ee-gee, not Eejai.
Very interesting. I've never seen this one and have no idea where to start really. lol. Also... I heard you mention Gorath. Are you going to do a review of it? I hope so. It's one I actually watched when I was a kid. lol.
I wished they would of showed more of the monster 👹. 💜🐾🐺🐾🐺
My ethereal presence is too much for mortals to comprehend. It would but those who witness me into absolute madness.
An extremely underrated kaiju, and you said it was done in between two other kaiju monsters movies?
Awesome!!
Please do other underrated kaiju / horror/ sci fi .
May I suggest H ATTACK OF THE LIQUIDFIED HUMANS aka THE H MAN ( American title )
just for starters.
Like ghidirah and h-man but puts the crime element more into the foreground. Still a win win for the house that honda built.
So... is this the prequel origin story to the Crystaline Entity (Datalore)?
You are confusing me with one of my relatives. A common misconception amongst the masses.
The juxtaposition of the monster storyline and the diamond thieves subplot is rather awkward and confusing; the two seem to be nearly independent of each other, a bit like the multiple vignettes which each episode of the tv series "Fantasy Island" contained. But the film all the same is certainly engaging and interesting, even if a bit perplexing and difficult to follow at times .
The best kaju
Daimajin!
So this is where they got tje idea for nope!!!
I own this movie.it's fun to watch.
I watched it in 1966
can you make a video of your top 10 favorite giant monster movies.
It was different but I liked it.
You should do a tier list of all Godzilla films or gamera films or king Kong films
Anyone know where to find a Japanese version of this movie? I've checked a few places and either nothing or only the English dub