Atragon
by Ishirô Honda
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Actor: Jun Tazaki, Ken Uehara, Tadao Takashima, Yôko Fujiyama, Yû FujikiDirector: Ishirô Honda
Brand: Media Blasters
Cinematographer: Hajime Koizumi
Editor: Ryohei Fujii
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Writer: Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Writer: Shinichi Sekizawa
Writer: Shunro Oshikawa
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language), Unknown; English (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-10
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Movie Reviews of Atragon
Movie Review: Still as Good as I remember--even Without Popcorn or Pony Rides.
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this movie at a drive-in that had sliding boards and a pony ride. It was all I could talk about for several days, even though I do not think most kids in my age group could even pronounce the title. It had everything: super subamrines, monsters, and the lost undersea empire of Mu. It did not matter that the film was full of little absurdities. Here was a high tech civilization where the soldiers ran around carrying spears. You had the dubbing, which my parents found amusing, but I did not care. As a cinematic experience, it was similar to watching the old Universal Flash Gordon Serials. The plot was improbable. There were wobbly space ships, comic opera costumes, and virtually no believable science. There was also a villain who name should have been: "Ming the incredibly tolerant of inept henchmen." It just did not matter. These films have a way of sweeping up the viewer and suspending disbelief. In the movie, "Ed Woods," the title character says "No one will notice," when a backer pointed to a wobbly cardboard tombstone. He was right, as long as the director knew what he was doing. The guys at TOHO knew what they were doing. Ed Woods, sadly, did not.
It was surprisng and a little dissappointing that the movie got poor distribution in the VHS era and very little television air time, if any. Up until a few years ago, Atrigan was being distributed by a "hard to find" video distributor for over $30. The DVD is immaculate--no scratches and great sound quality. This film is a lost gem that is finally getting exposure after an absence of two generations.
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