Latitude Zero
緯度0大作戦
Release: 1969-07-26
·Runtime: 105m
·★ 5.8
Science Fiction
Adventure
Action
A massive underwater volcano erupts and puts a group of investigative scientists in danger. They are rescued by an atomic super submarine named The Alpha under the command of Captain McKenzie. The group is quickly taken to a vast underwater city known as Latitude Zero, a fantastic, Atlantean type utopia, a world beneath the ocean with its own sun. It is soon discovered that Captain McKenzie is at war with the evil Dr. Malic, a cruel scientist who wishes to rule mankind all the while conducting genetic experiments on humans and animals. Malic sends his agents to kidnap Dr. Okada, a human scientist who has created a serum that can immunize exposure to radiation.
Production Countries
Japan
United States of America
Production Companies
TOHO
Ambassador Productions
Don Sharpe Enterprises
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Joseph Cotten
as Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
Mari Nakayama
as Tsuruko Okada
Akihiko Hirata
as Dr. Sugata
Tetsu Nakamura
as Dr. Okada
Linda Haynes
as Dr. Anne Barton
Wataru Ōmae
as Advisor (uncredited)
Cesar Romero
as Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings
Masumi Okada
as Dr. Jules Masson
Haruo Nakajima
as Griffon / Giant Rat / Bat Man
Osman Yusuf
as Subordinate with gun (uncredited)
Akira Takarada
as Dr. Ken Tashiro
Richard Jaeckel
as Perry Lawton
Patricia Medina
as Lucretia
Susumu Kurobe
as Chin
Crew
Teizô Toshimitsu
Costume Design, Modeling
Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Costume Design, Modeling
Sadao Iizuka
Visual Effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
Visual Effects Art Director
Koichi Kawakita
Visual Effects, Visual Effects Camera
Ishirō Honda
Director
Seiji Tani
First Assistant Director
Koji Hashimoto
Assistant Director
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Motoyoshi Tomioka
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Fuchimu Shimakura
Background Designer, Matte Painter
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects, Special Effects Assistant
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Yôichi Manoda
Special Effects, VFX Director of Photography
Tadaaki Watanabe
Special Effects
Shinichi Sekizawa
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer