213 - GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER
(USA release; 12/17/1966; Japan; NR; 87m)

a.k.a. GODZILLA VERSUS THE SEA MONSTER (variation)
a.k.a. EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (England)
a.k.a. EBIRAH, TERROR OF THE DEEP (alternate)
a.k.a. GOJIRA--EBIRA--MOSURA: NANKAI NO DAI KETTO (original/Japan)
a.k.a. GODZILLA--EBIRA--MOTHRA: THE GREAT SOUTH SEAS DUEL
a.k.a. BIG DUEL IN THE NORTH
a.k.a. BIG DUEL IN THE NORTH SEA
a.k.a. IL RITORNO DI GODZILLA
(Italy: The Return of Godzilla)
a.k.a. FRANKENSTEIN UND DIS UNGEHAUER AUS DEM MEER (Germany)

Ad: "The World's Devastating, Most Crushing Battle of the Gigantic Monsters: Ebirah, the Gigantic Lobster, Challenges the Supremacy of Godzilla and Mothra!"

Plot: A militant group enslaves island people while Godzilla and Mothra have their hands full battling a Ebirah, a giant crab.

Prod: Tomoyuki Tanaka
(*212-Godzilla Vs. Megalon; Mothra)
Dir: Jun Fukuda
(212; Godzilla on Monster Island)
Dir/Scr/USA: Peter Fernandez
(TV's Speed Racer)
Asst Dir: Ken Sano
(Dagora, the Space Monster)
Scr: Shinichi Sekizawa (212; 314-Mighty Jack)
Cin: Kazuo Yamada (Son of Godzilla)
Optical Photo: Sadao Iizuda
(Frankenstein Conquers the World)
Optical Photo: Yukio Manoda
(Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
Ed: Ryohei Fujii (Son of Godzilla)
SFX Dir: Eiji Tsuburaya (Godzilla, King of the Monsters; prod/314)
SFX Dir: Sokei Tomioka (sfx/212; Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
SFX Dir: Taka Yuki (King Kong Vs. Godzilla)
SFX Dir: Teisho Arikawa (314; Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
SFX Asst Dir: Teruyoshi Nakano (sfx dir/213; Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
SFX Art Dir: Akira Watanabe (sfx dir/K00-The Green Slime)
SFX: Kuichiro Kishida (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
SFX: Fumio Nakadai (tail supervisor/Godzilla)
ADir: Takeo Kita (Godzilla Vs. Mothra; Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero)
Sound FX: Hisashi Shimonaga (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
Sound Rec: Shoichi Yoshizawa (King Kong Escapes)
Score: Masaru Sato (Gigantis; Son of Godzilla)
Score: Karl Michael Demer (301-Cave Dwellers; 303-Pod People; 322-Master Ninja I; 324-Master Ninja II)

Yashi / Akira Takarada (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
Yashi's voice / Hal Linden (TV's Barney Miller)
Rota / Toru Watanabe (TV's Hideyoshi)
base commander / Jun Tazaki (Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero)
Daiyo / Kumi Mizuno (Attack of the Mushroom People)
Yata / Toru Ibuki (Siege of Fort Bismark; Operation Enemy Fort)
Ichiro / Chotaro Togano (Godzilla's Revenge)
Mita / Hideo Sunazuka (The Blind Woman's Curse)
Commander Yamato / Akihiko Hirata (Rodan; Son of Godzilla)
twin pixies / Emi & Yumi Ito (Mothra; Godzilla Vs. the Thing)
Red Bamboo Naval Officer / Eisei Amamoto (314)
elderly slave / Ikio Sawamura (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
Red Bamboo scientist #1 / Hisaya Ito (The H-Man)
Red Bamboo scientist #2 / Kazuo Suzuki (Son of Godzilla)
newspaper editor / Shigeki Ishida (Ghidrah, the 3-Headed Monster)
Red Bamboo thug / Shoichi Hirose (Rodan; Mothra)
farmer / Yutaka Sada (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
spiritualist / Fumiko Honma (Rashomon)
desperate mother / Chieko Nakakita (The Birth of Japan)
stuntman in Godzilla suit / Haruo Nakajima (Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
stuntman in Ebirah* suit / Hiroshi Sekida (Destroy All Monsters)
monster moth *Mothra / himself
with Tadashi Okabe (Mothra; Godzilla Vs. Mothra)
Wataru Omae (306-Time of the Apes; Mothra)
Kenichiro Maruyama (Son of Godzilla)
Akira Hongo
Kioto Tanaka

Trivia: The script for GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER was actually written for King Kong, but Godzilla was substituted when rights to Kong weren't available.

Monster Dimensions from the GODZILLA ENCYCLOPEDIA (Japanese author unknown):

EBIRAH (Ebira)
Description: Lobster
Length: 50 Meters
Weight: 23,000 Tons
Note: Fended Off by Liquid Made from Yellow Fruit.

Film Appearances: 213-GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966); Godzilla's Revenge (1969) (stock footage)

MOTHRA (Mosura)
Description: Moth
Length: 180 Meters (larva, 1961); 135 Meters (adult, 1961); 40 Meters (larva, 1964-1968); Unknown (adult, 1964-1966); 120 Meters (larva, 1992); 65 Meters (adult, 1992)
Weight: 20,000 Tons (larva, 1961); 15,000 Tons (adult, 1961); 8,000 Tons (larva, 1964-1968); Unknown (adult, 1964-1966); 15,000 Tons (larva, 1992); 20,000 Tons (adult, 1992)
Wingspan: 250 Meters (1961); 80 Meters (1964-1966); 175 Meters (1992)
Air Speed: Mach 3 (1961); Unknown (1964-1966); Mach 2 (1992)
Note: Gives Off Poisonous Yellow Dust; Emits Rays from Antennae; Discharges Bolts of Lightning from Wings; Telepathic.

Film Appearances: Mothra (1961); Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1964); Ghidrah--The Three-Headed Monster (1964); 213-GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER (1966); Destroy All Monsters; (1968); Godzilla Vs. Mothra (1992) a.k.a. Godzilla Vs. Queen Mothra (USA release? bootleg?); and Godzilla Vs. Space Godzilla (1995). By the way, don't let that "Queen Mothra" title confuse you. Toho studios always stated that Mothra was a male. Maybe he just led an alternative lifestyle!

Last Updated: 6/20/1999