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| Dogora | 
 enlarge | Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Yosuke Natsuki, Yoko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi, Nobuo Nakamura, Robert Dunham
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 37652
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD
Running Time: 83 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MBLDTS0518D
ISBN: 1586556584
UPC: 631595051889
EAN: 9781586556587
ASIN: B0009G3BPG
Release Date: July 12, 2005
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 dogora July 23, 2007
Considering i've never seen this film before and i always enjoy watching new japanese monster flick(makes me feel nostalgic like a kid again)i say it was pretty good.I did'nt really enjoy the diamond heist plot but thats mainly beacause i've been tired of heist movies for years now.But considering it is not a godzilla flick and that the special effects for the monster was very good and trippy i gave it a three instead of a two.none the less its japanese cheesy and made by Toho so i recomend checking it out since the price ain'nt that bad.
Great Effects, Not So Great Movie February 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This one is for Tohophiles only. This rarely seen Japanese giant monster flick from the early sixties boasts very high production values, a nice "forgotten" Ifukube theme, a unique and very interesting kaiju, and stand-out effects work by Tsburaya and crew. Dogora is a gigantic semi-tranlucent cross between a jellyfish and a squid - reminiscent of one of those sea creatures you've seen that lives at the very bottom of the deepest oceans. It floats in the upper atmosphere semi-concealed within a monsterous storm cloud, lowering itself to earth to suck tons of coal (and diamonds), on which it feeds. No obvious man in a rubber suit is this creation. It is very impressively realized by the Toho special effects team using a mix of marionettes, sophisticated optical work, and cell animation. Given a bigger budget with fewer and less outlandish effects set pieces, the talent of Toho's effects team during this period is really showcased in this film. Everything is a notch above in the effects department, and Dogora arguably has the best effects of the Showa era.
Despite this - and Honda's direction, this film is for Tohophiles only for it is a failed experiment. Seems crime dramas were popular at the time in Japan, along with giant monster movies. It is apparent Toho tried to marry the two, and the contrived story to make that marriage happen simply doesn't work. As others have alluded, it's like watching two different movies - a Japanese giant monster flick and a 60's diamond heist drama. There are long lags between effects sequences and the diamond heist crime drama "movie" is too slowly paced, dated, foreign, and not very involving.
As a result - despite what might be the greatest kaiju of them from Eiji Tsuburaya and its evocative and menacing execution, Dogora is a "one off" kaiju and the film itself (it pains me to say) deservedly forgotten. It is, however, absolutely recommended to Tohophiles who are hooked on the kaiju films from the 60's, for its outstanding effects work, forgotten Ifukube score, and its curio value.
With one of my favorite movie lines ever! April 3, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
All I can add to the previous adorations of this archetypical 1960's atomic monster movie is that Dagora kind of looks like somebody took a fake vomit from a gag shop, and then sprayed on some glue, glitter, & rhinestones. My favorite scene is when the gangsters are "casing" an apartment building from their Corvair-like car & the police approach them, asking what they're doing there, hanging out. The woman among the gangsters gestures at an open window with its curtains blowing through. The men of the gang all giggle and one of them says "She's airing out her room,", which sends the police on their way. Why this still seems so absurdly funny nearly 40 years later, I can't tell you...
 A Unique Kaiju Film October 28, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm glad I finally got to see this film. Dogora is interestingly represented using both props and animation. It's a little short on extras, but contains the most obvious ones: the original Japanese theatrical trailer and a photo gallery.
 Dogora will bore ya! August 30, 2005
5 out of 18 found this review helpful
This ToHo movie will do what most Japanese films never do and that's bore the hell out of you. Dull Dull Dull. An alien that eats diamonds shows up and mucks up diamond robbers. Too much diamond robber stuff too little monster.
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