Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Nothing like it ever before! The fantastic war of the giant fire monsters!
1959 | 78m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda |
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| Writer: | Hugo Grimaldi, Takeo Murata, Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama, Ib Melchior, Edwin B. Watson |
| Staring: |
| A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus. | |
| Release Date: | May 21, 1959 |
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| Director: | Hugo Grimaldi, Motoyoshi Oda |
| Writer: | Hugo Grimaldi, Takeo Murata, Shigeaki Hidaka, Shigeru Kayama, Ib Melchior, Edwin B. Watson |
| Genres: | Action, Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | giant monster, dinosaur, alternate version, stock footage, kaiju, tokusatsu |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, TOHO, Ryder Sound Services, Inc., Toho Laboratory |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hiroshi Koizumi | Tsukioka |
| Setsuko Wakayama | Hidemi |
| Minoru Chiaki | Kobayashi (as Mindru Chiaki) |
| Takashi Shimura | Dr. Yamane |
| Masao Shimizu | Dr. Tadokoro |
| Seijirô Onda | Commander (as Serjiro Onda) |
| Sonosuke Sawamura | Shibeki |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Tajima |
| Mayuri Mokushô | Radio Operator |
| Yukio Kasama | Father (as Yokio Kasama) |
| Takeo Oikawa | Police Chief |
| Minosuke Yamada | Chief of Civil Defense (uncredited) |
| Ren Yamamoto | Ikeda (uncredited) |
| Shin Ōtomo | Convict Leader (uncredited) |
| Senkichi Ōmura | Convict (uncredited) |
| Haruo Nakajima | Gigantis (uncredited) |
| Katsumi Tezuka | Angurus (uncredited) |
| Shōichi Hirose | Convict (uncredited) |
| Keye Luke | Tsukioka / Policeman (voice) (uncredited) |
| Aya Oyama | Hidemi (voice) (uncredited) |
| Marvin Miller | Kobayashi / Dr. Yamane / Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Paul Frees | Commander / Father / Convict (voice) (uncredited) |
| George Takei | Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited) |
| Jane Chang | Radio Operator (voice) (uncredited) |
| James Yagi | Osaka SDF Captain (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Hugo Grimaldi | ADR Supervisor, Writer, Director, Editor |
| Rex Lipton | Music Editor |
| Seiichi Endo | Director of Photography |
| Masaki Ônuma | Lighting Technician |
| Kazuo Baba | Production Manager |
| Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Teruaki Abe | Production Design |
| Takeo Murata | Screenplay |
| Shigeaki Hidaka | Screenplay |
| Motoyoshi Oda | Director |
| Shigeru Kayama | Original Story, Novel |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects, Special Effects, Visual Effects Director |
| Sadao Iizuka | Visual Effects |
| Ib Melchior | Original Story |
| Eiji Iwashiro | First Assistant Director |
| Al Sarno | Sound Effects Editor |
| Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects |
| Kazuji Taira | Editor |
| Bert Shefter | Music |
| Paul Sawtell | Music |
| Teizô Toshimitsu | Modeling, Costume Design, Sculptor |
| Kanju Yagi | Modeling, Costume Design |
| Yasuei Yagi | Modeling, Costume Design |
| Eizo Kaimai | Modeling, Costume Design |
| Yoshio Suzuki | Modeling, Assistant Costume Designer |
| Hajime Tsuburaya | Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Hiroshi Mukoyama | Special Effects |
| Masakatsu Asai | Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects |
| Masao Shirota | Special Effects |
| Sadamasa Arikawa | VFX Director of Photography, Special Effects |
| Motoyoshi Tomioka | Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Yôichi Manoda | Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Akira Watanabe | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Tohl Narita | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Yasuyuki Inoue | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Yoshio Irie | Special Effects Assistant, Visual Effects Art Director |
| Shuzaburo Araki | Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Herschel Burke Gilbert | Music |
| Edwin B. Watson | Original Story |
| Koichi Takano | Special Effects Assistant, Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera |
| Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Paul Schreibman | Presenter |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Edmund Goldman | Associate Producer |
| Paul Schreibman | Producer |
| Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
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