War of the Gargantuas
War of the Gargantuas is a 1966 film from Japan, directed by Ishirō Honda, running 76 minutes. reelscum files it under kaiju & tokusatsu.
- Year
- 1966 · 1960s films
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Updated
- 29 Oct 2026
- Obscurity
- known (29/100)
- Also known as
- The Two Frankensteins
Defined in the glossary: Kaiju & tokusatsu
Two giant humanoid brothers, one good, one savage, tear up Japan. Weirdly beloved, and Brad Pitt's favourite.
A strange and beloved Toho film in which two giant hairy humanoids, brothers grown from the same tissue, one gentle and green, one savage and brown, do battle across Japan while humans try to tell them apart. The brown Gargantua eating a woman and spitting out her clothes is an image nobody forgets.
It is odder and more emotional than the standard monster mash, and its cult reach is wide, Brad Pitt has cited it as a favourite. Kenji Sahara and an out-of-place Russ Tamblyn co-star. A genuine oddity in the Toho canon, and hugely fun.
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