Atragon

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Main Details

  • Released on December 22, 1963 (Japan)
  • Color
  • Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP) | Toho Company
  • Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1965) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
  • Directed by Ishirō Honda
  • Written by Shinichi Sekizawa
  • Starring Tadao Takashima, Yôko Fujiyama, Yu Fujiki, Ken Uehara, Jun Tazaki
  • Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
  • Original Music by Akira Ifukube
  • Cinematography by Hajime Koizumi
  • Film Editing by Ryohei Fujii

Plot Summary

  • When an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.

Also Known As

  • Agente 04 del imperio sumergido (Spain)
  • Ataragon (Belgium - French title)
  • Atoragon: Flying Supersub
  • Atragon, oi supermen ton thalasson (Greece - reissue title)
  • Flying Supersub Atoragon
  • Supermen enantion iptamenou ypovryhiou (Greece)
  • U 2000 - Tauchfahrt des Grauens (Germany)
  • Undersea Battleship (International - literal title)

Taglines

  • Ride the JUGGERNAUT of destruction from the depths of the Seven Seas to the Outer Limits of Space!
  • An adventure beyond your wildest dreams - as a Super-Weapon meets Super-Force with the fate of the Universe at stake!
  • See! The terror swath of the deadly Astral Disks | See! The Exotic Rites and Groitesque Passions of the Kingdom of Mu
  • See! Underwater Juggernauts of Destruction!
  • See the JUGGERNAUT of Destruction Challenge the Incredible EMPIRE Beneath the Sea!
  • The Ultimate Weapon!
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