Post #417939 by tobunga on Sat, Nov 8, 2008 1:24 PM

Hmm... Space Amoeba... I know this film as Yog, Monster from Space. The giant squid is awesome!

The full-on Japanese title is: Gezora Ganime Kamçba Kessen! Nankai no Daikaijû Which translated to: "Gezora Ganime Kameba: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas".

Gezora, Ganime, Kameba are the names of the monsters in the film. The title is typical of the crazy, unwieldy titles of the Toho monster films.

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster in Japanese is: Gojira, Ebira, Mosura: Nankai No Dai Ketto, which translates to "Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas".

Lots of South Seas action in the Godzilla series. I guess Polynesia is exotic to everyone, so when they wanted to move the action away from Japan they ended up there!

I always thought some of the Godzilla films had an exotic, tropical (And tiki-inviting) feel to them, especially the films where they have dancing islanders praying to some deity or other (often Mothra).
In fact, I did a painting based on this film:

EBIRA ESTA EBRIA

By rearranging the letters of Ebira's name, you get EBRIA, Spanish for intoxicated. I figured since the action was in the south seas, he would be drunk on libations from a tiki mug, the mug being an actual life-size tiki, with a palm tree for garnish!
(Godzilla is annoyed because Ebira is too drunk to fight.)

I remember the surf elements of this soundtrack, didn't realize it had exotica influences as well! Worth checking out again! (And one more connection to tiki!)