Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn godilaebiramosura nankai no dai kettou
Directed by	Jun Fukuda[1]
Special effects by	Sadamasa Arikawa
Screenplay by	Shinichi Sekizawa[1]
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka[1]
Starring	Akira Takarada Kumi Mizuno Chotaro Togin Hideo Sunazuka
Cinematography	Kazuo Yamada[1]
Edited by	Ryohei Fujii[1]
Music by	Masaru Sato[1]
Production company	Toho Co., Ltd[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	December 17, 1966 (1966-12-17) (Japan)
Running time	87 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥330 million (Japan rentals)[2][3]

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ　南海の大決闘, Gojira Ebira Mosura Nankai no Dai-kettō, lit. Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas) is a 1966 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda and produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. The film stars Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata and Eisei Amamoto, and features the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Mothra, and Ebirah. It is the seventh film in the Godzilla franchise, and features special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. In the film, Godzilla and Ebirah are portrayed by Haruo Nakajima and Hiroshi Sekita, respectively.^[1][4]

During its development, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep was intended to feature King Kong, but the character was replaced by Godzilla. The film was released to theaters in Japan on December 17, 1966, and was released directly to television in the United States under the title Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster in 1968 by Continental Distributing.

The film was followed by the eighth film in the Godzilla franchise, Son of Godzilla, released on December 16, 1967.