Now, before we get into the key details of how you can watch 'The War of the Gargantuas' right now, here are some important things to know about the TOHO, Benedict Pictures Corp., United Productions of America, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises Inc., Tokyo Laboratory horror flick. The War of the Gargantuas starring Kenji Sahara, Kumi Mizuno, Russ Tamblyn, Jun Tazaki has a G rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min. The release date of the movie is July 29th, 1970. is based on contributing
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins."
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'The War of the Gargantuas' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on July 29th, 1970
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 9th, 2008
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During WWII, a human heart taken from Dr. Frankenstein's lab and is kept in Japan where it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima. The heart grows in size, mutates and eventually becomes an indestuctable humanoid. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle. An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the same time as the evil gargantua, the two begin to battle across Japan.
