Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla (1959)

Genre : Drama, Action, Adventure

Runtime : 1H 0M

Director : Satoru Ainoda
Writer : Kiyoshi Oda

Synopsis

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Actors

Fumitake Ômura
Fumitake Ômura
Michiko Shirakawa
Michiko Shirakawa
Yaeko Wakamizu
Yaeko Wakamizu
Yoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Rinichi Yamamoto
Rinichi Yamamoto
Junji Masuda
Junji Masuda
Kappei Matsumoto
Kappei Matsumoto
Kan Yanagiya
Kan Yanagiya
Ken Sudo
Ken Sudo
Takeshi Hasebe
Takeshi Hasebe
Kunio Hara
Kunio Hara
Wasuke Izumi
Wasuke Izumi
Tokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
Tamami Fujii
Tamami Fujii
Saburô Iketani
Saburô Iketani
Joseph Ottoman
Joseph Ottoman
Kiyono Sasaki
Kiyono Sasaki
Yoshitaka Kosugi
Yoshitaka Kosugi
Akira Tatematsu
Akira Tatematsu
Hiroshi Takada
Hiroshi Takada
Yuji Kitamine
Yuji Kitamine
Kohei Taguchi
Kohei Taguchi
Hajime Kubo
Hajime Kubo
Sakae Shima
Sakae Shima

Crews

Satoru Ainoda
Satoru Ainoda
Director
Kōhan Kawauchi
Kōhan Kawauchi
Original Story
Kiyoshi Oda
Kiyoshi Oda
Screenplay
Masahiko Iimura
Masahiko Iimura
Director of Photography
Masanobu Otani
Masanobu Otani
Sound Recordist
Toshiaki Morisawa
Toshiaki Morisawa
Lighting Technician
Shuichiro Nakamura
Shuichiro Nakamura
Art Direction
Fumio Soda
Fumio Soda
Editor
Hirooki Ogawa
Hirooki Ogawa
Original Music Composer
Takaharu Saeki
Takaharu Saeki
Assistant Director

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