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CriticCrunch has 3 Hideyo Amamoto titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile.
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
Science Fiction · Action

The Lost World
1960
Adventure · Fantasy

Destroy All Monsters
1968
Science Fiction · Action

Masters of the Universe
1987
Action · Fantasy

Knights of the Zodiac
2023
Fantasy · Action

Mysterious Island
1961
Adventure · Science Fiction

Krull
1983
Action · Adventure

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003
Action · Fantasy

as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization controlling a crustacean monster. Finding a sleeping Godzilla, they decide to awaken him to defeat the terrorists and liberate the natives.
Dir. Jun Fukuda · With Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Rhodes Reason

as Toy Consultant Shinpei Inami
Ichiro Miki is a child living in the industrial district of Kawasaki, where his parents' constant struggle to make ends meet often leaves the schoolboy alone. Constantly teased by a bully nicknamed Gabara, his only friends are toy consultant Shinpei and fellow classmate Sachiko. Ichiro turns to escapist dreams of Monster Island where he befriends the equally bullied Minilla.
Dir. Ishirō Honda · With Kenji Sahara, Machiko Naka, Tomonori Yazaki
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