All Monsters Attack

(1969)

★ 5.1 IMDb · 225 votes

Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Year: 1969

Runtime: 70 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Исиро Хонда

Cast: 佐原健二, 中真千子, 矢崎知紀, 天本英世, 堺 左千夫, 鈴木和夫, 沢村いき雄, 石田茂樹, 佐田豊, 当銀長太郎

Plot

Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.

Ichiro is a highly imaginative, but lonely, boy growing up in urbanized and industrial district of Kawasaki. Every day he comes home to the empty apartment he shares with his railroad worker father and his restaurant hostess mother, his only friends being a toy maker name Shinpei Inami and a girl named Sachicko. Ichiro finds himself the victim of a gang kids led by a bully nicknamed Gabara. To escape his loneliness, Ichiro turns to escapist fantasies and imagines himself on Monster Island and befriending Minillia, the son of Godzilla. Through his friendship with Minilla, Ichiro confronts his solitude and face his fears.