Atragon (1964)
AIP Production #6417
Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater warcraft in Atragon.
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa
Based on “The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure” by Shunrō Oshikawa and “The Undersea Kingdom” by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka for Toho Company Limited
Distributed by American International Pictures
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
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)
