---
title: 'The War of the Gargantuas (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ishirō Honda'
released: '1966-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-war-of-the-gargantuas-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060440/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

1966 · G · 76 min · Horror, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ

## Synopsis

The War of the Gargantuas  is a 1966 kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Referred by film historian Stuart Galbraith IV as a "quasi–sequel" to Frankenstein vs. Baragon, the film was a Japanese-American co-production; it was the third and final collaboration between Toho Co., Ltd and Henry G. Saperstein. The film stars Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno, and Kenji Sahara, with Yû Sekida as Sanda and Haruo Nakajima as Gaira. In the film, scientists investigate the sudden appearance of two giant Frankenstein monsters named Sanda and Gaira. It culminates in a battle in Tokyo.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda)
- **Screenplay:** [Ishirō Honda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishiro-honda), [Takeshi Kimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kimura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hajime Koizumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hajime-koizumi)
- **Editor:** [Ryōhei Fujii](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryohei-fujii)

## Cast

- [Russ Tamblyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/russ-tamblyn)
- [Yoshifumi Tajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshifumi-tajima)
- [Kenji Sahara](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sahara)
- [Kipp Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/kipp-hamilton)
- [Kumi Mizuno](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumi-mizuno)
- [Shoichi Hirose](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoichi-hirose)
- [Jun Tazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-tazaki)
- [Nobuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-nakamura)
- [Haruo Nakajima](https://cinepixo.com/people/haruo-nakajima)

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