Set in rural Japan, when a small mining village starts to experience strange deaths in the nearby mines, authorities discover that the caves are besieged by giant caterpillars with an appetite for humans. But they're not the only creatures lurking in the caves. Directed by Ishiro Honda (the original GODZILLA). One of the more popular of the Japanese giant monster movies in the wake of the international success of GODZILLA (1954). This movie played often on TV during my childhood years and I developed a great affection for it. Even as a kid, I was touched by the end of the twin Rodan monsters, so devoted to each other that one couldn't/wouldn't live without the other. The special effects look only ever so slightly tacky today but there's a cheesy charm to them. While it doesn't have the human connection like the original GODZILLA (or the recent GODZILLA MINUS ONE), for fans of these Japanese creature features, there's still much to like. The score is by the Akira Ifukube. With Kenji Sahara and Yumi Shirakawa as the film's romantic leads.
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