Atragon (1964)
AIP Production #6417 

Jeff and Cheryl take a deep dive into underwater warcraft in Atragon. 

Directed by Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa
Based on “The Undersea Warship: A Fantastic Tale of Island Adventure” by Shunrō Oshikawa and “The Undersea Kingdom” by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka for Toho Company Limited  
Distributed by American International Pictures 

Starring: 
Tadao Takashima as Susumu Hatanaka 
Yoko Fujiyama as Makoto Jinguji 
Yu Fujiki as Yoshito Nishibe 
Kenji Sawara as Uoto Unno 
Akemi Kita as Rimako 
Tetsuko Kobayashi as Empress of Mu 
Akihiko Hirata as Mu Agent #23 
Hiroshi Koizumi as Detective Itô 
Jun Tazaki as Captain Hachiro Jinguji 
Ken Uehara as Rear Admiral Kusumi 


Produced by Toho Company, Ltd.
An American International Picture 

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)