Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)

May 21, 1959 (US) • Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Adventure • 78m

Overview

A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

Directors

Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda

Writers

Hugo Grimaldi, Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata

Top Billed

Hiroshi Koizumi

Keywords

giant monster dinosaur alternate version stock footage kaiju tokusatsu

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Hiroshi Koizumi

Tsukioka

Setsuko Wakayama

Hidemi

Minoru Chiaki

Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki)

Takashi Shimura

Dr. Yamane

Masao Shimizu

Dr. Tadokoro

Seijirô Onda

Commander (as Serjiro Onda)

Sonosuke Sawamura

Shibeki

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Tajima

Mayuri Mokushô

Radio Operator

Yukio Kasama

Father (as Yokio Kasama)

Takeo Oikawa

Police Chief

Minosuke Yamada

Chief of Civil Defense (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto

Ikeda (uncredited)

Shin Ōtomo

Convict Leader (uncredited)

Senkichi Ōmura

Convict (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima

Gigantis (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka

Angurus (uncredited)

Shōichi Hirose

Convict (uncredited)

Keye Luke

Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited)

Aya Oyama

Hidemi (voice) (uncredited)

Marvin Miller

Kobayashi / Dr. Yamane / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Paul Frees

Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited)

George Takei

Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Jane Chang

Radio Operator (voice) (uncredited)

James Yagi

Osaka SDF Captain (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Hugo Grimaldi

Director

Motoyoshi Oda

Director

Paul Schreibman

Producer

Ib Melchior

Original Story

Hugo Grimaldi

Writer

Shigeaki Hidaka

Screenplay

Masaki Ônuma

Lighting Technician

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

Seiichi Endo

Director of Photography

Teruaki Abe

Production Design

Shigeru Kayama

Novel

Sadao Iizuka

Visual Effects

Edmund Goldman

Associate Producer

Rex Lipton

Music Editor

Kazuo Baba

Production Manager

Takeo Kita

Production Design

Takeo Murata

Screenplay

Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects

Hugo Grimaldi

Editor

Eiji Tsuburaya

Special Effects

Ichirô Minawa

Sound Effects

Paul Sawtell

Music

Teizô Toshimitsu

Costume Design

Masakatsu Asai

Special Effects

Yasuei Yagi

Modeling

Eiji Iwashiro

First Assistant Director

Kanju Yagi

Costume Design

Yasuei Yagi

Costume Design

Hajime Tsuburaya

Special Effects Assistant

Bert Shefter

Music

Hajime Tsuburaya

Special Effects

Eiji Tsuburaya

Visual Effects Director

Teizô Toshimitsu

Modeling

Yoshio Suzuki

Assistant Costume Designer

Eizo Kaimai

Modeling

Yoshio Suzuki

Modeling

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Special Effects Assistant

Tohl Narita

Visual Effects Art Director

Yasuyuki Inoue

Visual Effects Art Director

Al Sarno

Sound Effects Editor

Kazuji Taira

Editor

Masakatsu Asai

Special Effects Assistant

Yoshio Irie

Special Effects Assistant

Kanju Yagi

Modeling

Akira Watanabe

Visual Effects Art Director

Shuzaburo Araki

Visual Effects

Hajime Tsuburaya

Visual Effects Camera

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Special Effects

Yoshio Irie

Visual Effects Art Director

Motoyoshi Tomioka

Visual Effects Camera

Yôichi Manoda

Special Effects Assistant

Sadamasa Arikawa

VFX Director of Photography

Teizô Toshimitsu

Sculptor

Eizo Kaimai

Costume Design

Hiroshi Mukoyama

Special Effects

Sadamasa Arikawa

Special Effects

Yôichi Manoda

Special Effects

Tohl Narita

Special Effects Assistant

Shuzaburo Araki

Visual Effects Camera

Yasuyuki Inoue

Special Effects Assistant

Yôichi Manoda

Visual Effects Camera

Masanobu Miyazaki

Sound Recordist

Herschel Burke Gilbert

Music

Koichi Takano

Special Effects

Koichi Takano

Special Effects Assistant

Koichi Takano

Visual Effects Camera

Edwin B. Watson

Original Story

Shigeru Kayama

Original Story

Hugo Grimaldi

ADR Supervisor

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

Paul Schreibman

Presenter

Fumio Nakadai

Special Effects

Tôru Suzuki

Special Effects

Tôru Suzuki

Special Effects Assistant

Masao Shirota

Lighting Technician

Masao Shirota

VFX Lighting Artist

Masao Fukuda

Still Photographer

Collection

Americanized Godzilla Collection

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Godzilla 1985

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Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)

Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda

Hugo Grimaldi, Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama, Takeo Murata

Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Crew

Collection

Americanized Godzilla Collection

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Godzilla 1985

Reviews

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