Ganesha Games  | 19 Oct 2009 2:02 p.m. PST |
Okay, I was maybe 8 or 9 and granpa took me to see this Japanese monster movie.. not from the Godzilla series. It was more like a SF movie with the occasional monsters. I remember there was a four-legged, winged, lion-headed creature with golden or light brown fur flying out of a secret base or a cave in the side of a mountain… any idea of what movie it could be, and if an English subtitled version of it is available on DVD?
thanks!
Andrea ganeshagames.blogspot.com |
| 28mmMan | 19 Oct 2009 2:10 p.m. PST |
What time period would that have been? Live action right, not anime? |
| clibinarium | 19 Oct 2009 2:13 p.m. PST |
I think the monster is King Caesar. |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 2:13 p.m. PST |
Ah sorry. mid seventies? I was born in 1968. Live action, not anime. I think a Toho production… |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 2:14 p.m. PST |
No clibinarium, it was winged and four legged, definitively NOT King Caesar. Same hairstyle thou'
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| clibinarium | 19 Oct 2009 2:16 p.m. PST |
I think I might have found it. I've never seen it myself, but did catch it in the Cinemassacre Godzillathon (maybe not work safe but funny and worth watching all of them.) Godzilla-vs-Mechagodzilla YouTube link EDIT: Not this then, but the Monster in the Mountain thing sounds very similar. |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 2:34 p.m. PST |
Similar but not him. I have this movie. I'mk pretty sure it was a minor SF flick like Atragon and not a Godzilla title… |
| GarnhamGhast | 19 Oct 2009 2:35 p.m. PST |
This site has some excellent stuff on it, but nothing like the thing you describe
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And not this I guess
picture |
| mrwigglesworth | 19 Oct 2009 2:38 p.m. PST |
Andrea is it this guy?
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picture
Its from Ultraman, a Japanese live action kid show.
What you describe sound just like the space mummy episode.
Maybe Infarman
YouTube link |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 2:50 p.m. PST |
No Mrwigglesworth. This was something I saw in a proper movie theater, not on TV, As far as I know, no Ultraman movie ever was distributed in my country (Italy). I saw the first Ultraman TV series several years later on TV, thou'. Maybe I should find a complete filmography of Ishiro Honda and start from there… |
| GarnhamGhast | 19 Oct 2009 3:15 p.m. PST |
What year would it have been when you saw it? I've just done a lot of digging but can't find anything like it! |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 3:30 p.m. PST |
I cannot be sure, I think I was no older than 9, so it must have been circa 1975-1976. I'm not sure this was a Japanese movie (I remember most actors were Asian, but it could have been a Hong Kong movie as well, I was a kid!) |
| Ganesha Games | 19 Oct 2009 3:31 p.m. PST |
Maybe it was a kaiju version of a manticore? There was maybe a mad scientist with a hidden base… I know, all of this is vague… |
| artbraune | 19 Oct 2009 6:15 p.m. PST |
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| artbraune | 19 Oct 2009 6:27 p.m. PST |
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| artbraune | 19 Oct 2009 6:30 p.m. PST |
Pics of the monster here: link |
| 28mmMan | 19 Oct 2009 7:50 p.m. PST |
I believe NeghVar nailed it…I could not remember the name and was scratching my head…then I saw you had posted it…well done, may a pair of tiny women sing you to sleep tonight. |
| the Gorb | 19 Oct 2009 7:59 p.m. PST |
Well I'll be. Even has Cesar Romero in it, fresh off a three year stint as the Joker. Good find, NeghVar. Regards, the Gorb |
| Ganesha Games | 20 Oct 2009 2:45 a.m. PST |
That is it NeghVar. I'll order the DVD, Thank you for making me an 8 year old kid again ;-)! |
 Flashman14  | 20 Oct 2009 5:16 a.m. PST |
I was thinking King Moonracer: picture |
 miniMo | 20 Oct 2009 8:21 a.m. PST |
Get the DVD, Latitude Zero is good Toho fare! |
| Captain Gideon | 20 Oct 2009 8:38 a.m. PST |
I have Latitude Zero and i like it and it's part of my Toho Collection. Captain Gideon |
| Ganesha Games | 20 Oct 2009 2:17 p.m. PST |
These DVDs are not available in my zone but I have recently converted my DVD player to a multizone so I'm gonna run to buy these off Amazon USA. |
