Atragon
1963 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Several strange occurrences are taking place all over the world including the disappearance of two engineers. Also, former admiral Kosumi is nearly kidnapped along with his secretary, and goddaughter, Makoto. The kidnap attempt is thwarted by photographer Susumu Hatanaka and his assistant. It is later revealed the Mu Empire, which disappeared 12,000 years earlier, are responsible for all the occurrences and are planning to invade the surface world to reclaim their supposed colonies. Also, the Muans manage to steal the I-403 submarine from embittered Captain Jinguji, Makoto's father, and in the process steal the plans for and even greater sub, Atragon. As the attacks by the Muans increase the world anxiously asks Jinguji for his help, even his daughter Makoto makes an impassioned plea for him to join the fight against Mu. Unfortunately, Jinguji is still bitter about the defeat of Japan in World War II and won't help...
Direction Ishirô Honda
Cast Tadao Takashima · Yôko Fujiyama · Ken Uehara · Yu Fujiki · Jun Tazaki · Kenji Sahara · Hiroshi Koizumi · Yoshifumi Tajima · Tetsuko Kobayashi · Hisaya Ito · Susumu Fujita
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Shigeru Komatsuzaki · Shunro Oshikawa · Shinichi Sekizawa
Cinematography Hajime Koizumi
Original title Kaitei gunkan (Atragon: Undersea Battleship)
Also known as Atoragon: Flying Supersub
5.4
36 votes (FilmAffinity)
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