Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Movie, 1966, Showa era, Set in Letchi Island
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep is #7 of 35 in release order and #7 of 35 in chronological order in the Godzilla.
The story
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.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep recap
Ryota searches for his brother Yata, a fisherman lost at sea, and steals a yacht with two friends and a bank robber, Yoshimura, who was hiding aboard. A storm and a giant lobster, Ebirah, wreck them on Letchi Island, base of the Red Bamboo, a terrorist group making heavy water for nuclear weapons. Red Bamboo uses slaves taken from Infant Island to brew a yellow liquid that keeps Ebirah away from its ships. Daiyo, an escaped islander, joins the group, and they find Godzilla asleep in a cliffside cave. They wake it with a lightning rod. Godzilla fights Ebirah, which slips away, then kills a giant condor and destroys Red Bamboo's jets. The heroes find Yata alive and free the enslaved islanders, who wait for Mothra to rescue them.
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep ending explained
Godzilla tears off Ebirah's claws and drives it away, and escapes just before the island blows up. Godzilla wrecks Red Bamboo's base, setting off its nuclear self-destruct. Mothra arrives and carries the islanders and heroes away in a net, briefly fighting off Godzilla. Godzilla dives into the sea moments before the blast destroys Letchi Island. Ryota's group gets home with Yata, and Red Bamboo's operation is gone.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep is streaming on Shout! Factory TV, YouTube (free), HBO Max, and Tubi in the US. You can rent or buy it on Apple TV and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 63%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Invasion of Astro-Monster, before Son of Godzilla.
- Chronological order: after Invasion of Astro-Monster, before Son of Godzilla.
What to watch before Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
In release order, the essentials before Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) are Godzilla (1954), Godzilla Raids Again (1955), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), and Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965).
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Yoshimura
- Kumi Mizuno as Dayo
- Akihiko Hirata as Red Bamboo Captain Ryui
- Jun Tazaki as Red Bamboo Base Commander
- Hideo Sunazuka as Nita
- Chōtarō Tōgin as Ichino
- Tōru Ibuki as Yata Kane
- Toru Watanabe as Ryota Kane
- Hideyo Amamoto as Red Bamboo Naval Officer
- Ikio Sawamura as Elderly Slave
- Hisaya Ito as Red Bamboo Scientist
- Shigeki Ishida as Newspaper Editor
Directed by Jun Fukuda.