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The X from Outer Space (1967) · 宇宙大怪獣ギララ

Original title: 宇宙大怪獣ギララ

1967 · Kazui Nihonmatsu · 89 min · Japan · Edited by 1

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The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.

A 1967 title built around Giant, J-horror and Monsters. Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu.

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1953
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Godzilla
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Godzilla Raids Again
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The X from Outer Space

Spanish: X del Espacio Exterior, The X from Outer Space
French: Itoka, le monstre des galaxies
German: Guila - Frankensteins Teufelsei
Italian: Odissea sulla Terra
Chinese: 宇宙大怪獸基拉拉
Korean: 우주대괴수 기라라

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