Japan Synopsis
ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣
“An alien aiming for the Earth transforms monsters to attack!”
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters — a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle — and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Space Amoeba. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Science Fiction + Adventure in Japan
153 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Space Amoeba itself).
Mask the Kekkou: Reborn
★ 8.2 · 2012
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
★ 7.8 · 2017
Interstella 5555
★ 7.8 · 2003
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
★ 7.8 · 2009
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.8 · 1988
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers
★ 7.8 · 2006
The 1969–1971 Japan Window
Space Amoeba holds position #36 of 64 Japan films in the 1969–1971 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Space Amoeba premiered alongside 17 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 17 other Japan films in 1970.
The 337th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 58% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 56th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Space Amoeba, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- tropical island · 5
- space monster · 1
- giant squid · 1
- giant crab · 1
- spacecraft · 13
- monster · 91
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
- island · 41
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,296 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (28th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #332 of 566 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 24m |
| Release Date | August 1, 1970 |
| IMDb | tt0065776 |