Godzilla - Das Ungeheuer aus der Tiefe

"Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: The Nankai no daiketto belongs to the more average ones that were filmed in the kaiju genre in the 60s, mainly because Gojira is once again portrayed as a very poorly made monster. There is a lot of anticipation for a monster to appear, and most of the film is quite static and action-packed. There is no innovation here, and most shots feel like ones you have already seen somewhere. I don't think it's because the experienced Honda didn't handle the direction well, but simply because the Toho studio was trying to churn out too many films without truly dedicating the necessary care to them." (23.11.2014)

8) GODZILLA vs. THE SEA MONSTER – ORIGINAL SHOWA SERIES 1954-1974. Fukuda's first Godzilla directorial credit, which brings typical elements of his: mainly, poor special effects and bizarre plot twists, where the filmmaker, believing that the audience will eat everything up, throws whatever comes to mind at the screen. And so we have a bunch of castaways who discover on a deserted island the base of a terrorist group called "Red Bamboo", which produces a yellow mush in its nuclear facility to eliminate Ebirah, the giant crab that keeps the island in isolation. As if by sheer coincidence, the island is still home to Godzilla, buried under a pile of rocks, and Mothra, who’s awakened from her slumber by the natives to help them against the Red Bamboo, etc., etc. The typical Godzilla fights (wrestling-style grappling between monsters) are almost absent, Ebirah the wimp packs it after Godzilla bites off his claw, and Mothra – the saviour of humanity – is goodness itself. This title was included in the program of the the legendary Mystery Science Theater 3000, which I understand, but there are much more bizarre and, more importantly, entertaining Godzilla movies. (09.12.2010)