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Directed by Ishiro Honda

Space Amoeba

1h 24m

Directed by Ishiro Honda • 1970 • Japan
Starring Akira Kubo, Yukiko Kobayashi, Atsuko Takahashi

Amoeba-like aliens crash-land on a far-flung island in the South Pacific. Their plan to conquer Earth? Generate towering versions of native sea creatures. Soon, a supersized squid, a colossal crab, and a tremendous turtle are romping and stomping their way across the island, with hapless humans caught in their midst, in this fantastical kaiju extravaganza from genre master Ishiro Honda.

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