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Atragon (1964)
AIP Production #6417
Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater warcraft in Atragon.
Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa
Directed by Inoshiro Honda
Starring:
Tadao Takashima as Susumu Hatanaka
Yoko Fujiyama as Makoto Jinguji
Yu Fujiki as Yoshito Nishibe
Kenji Sawara as Uoto Unno
Akemi Kita as Rimako
Tetsuko Kobayashi as Empress of Mu
Akihiko Hirata as Mu Agent #23
Hiroshi Koizumi as Detective Itô
Jun Tazaki as Captain Hachiro Jinguji
Ken Uehara as Rear Admiral Kusumi
Additional Cast:
Yoshifumi Tajima as Tome ‘Amano’ Amanoshome
Hideyo Amamoto as High Priest of Mu
Susumu Fujita as Defense Commander
Minoru Takada as Government Official
Hisaya Itô as Shindo, Kidnapped Scientist
Ikio Sawamura as Taxi Driver
Hiroshi Hasegawa as Liuetenant Fuji
Nadao Kirino as Kidnapped Scientist
Shin Ôtomo as Government Official
Haruya Sakamoto as Sergeant Yamada
Tetsu Nakamura as Warship Captain
Yutaka Nakayama as Sailor
Mitsuo Tsuda as Defense Agency Executive B
Kôji Uno as Police Officer
Sadako Amemiya as Memoko – Girl in Susumu’s Studio
Rinsaku Ogata as Hideo Ôtsuka
Yutaka Oka as Man on Bus
Yukihiko Gondô as Military Official
Shôichi Hirose as Mu Henchman
Katsumi Tezuka as Mu Henchman
Takuzô Kumagai as Jirô Kumagai
Yasuzô Ogawa as Mu Henchman Beside High Priest of Mu
Shirô Tsuchiya as Senior Officer
Wataru Ômae as Police Officer
Toshio Miura
Masayoshi Kawabe
Hiroshi Akitsu as Ship’s Man of Goten Kenbutai
Hideo Shibuya
Keisuke Yamada
Shinjirô Hirota as Traveler of Mt. Mihara/Mu Imperial in face paint
Keisuke Yamaji
Kuniyoshi Kashima
Hal Archer as Detective Ito (voice)
Sanjay Mamohan Berry as One of Mu Imperials
Bin Furuya as JSDF member
Kazuo Hinata as Defense Agency Executive
Eisaburo Komatsu as Sergeant Goten Kenbutai
Akio Kusama as Todoroki Takashi , Ken Taketai officers
Keiji Sakakida as Mt. Mihara Climber
Masaaki Tachibana as Goten Kenbutai Sergeant/Mu Empire Citizen
Kamayuki Tsubono
Ralph Jesser as One of Mu Imperials(uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima as Mu Empire man who appears from the sea/Self Defense Forces executive(uncredited)
Ted Thomas as Jinguji/High Priest(voice) (uncredited)
Osman Yusuf as Muan Submarine Crewman(uncredited)
Produced by Toho Company, Ltd.
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
