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Latitude Zero is a japonais film of genre Science fiction directed by Ishirō Honda released in USA on 4 december 1970 with Joseph Cotten

Latitude Zero (1969)

Ido zero daisakusen

Latitude Zero
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Released in USA 4 december 1970
Length 1h29
Directed by
OriginJapon
Genres Science fiction,    Action,    Adventure
Rating59% 2.950732.950732.950732.950732.95073

Latitude Zero (緯度0大作戦, Ido zero daisakusen), is a 1969 tokusatsu film. It was directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya (his last science-fiction film). The story was written by Ted Sherdeman, writer of the 1954 science-fiction film Them! (and based on a 1941 radio serial written by Sherdeman entitled Latitude Zero), and starred Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Akira Takarada, Masumi Okada, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina, and Akihiko Hirata.

The film was shot in English, with the Japanese actors, such as Akira Takarada, having learned their lines phonetically.

Synopsis

Three men (Dr. Ken Tashiro, Dr. Jules Masson, and Perry Lawton) are trapped in a bathysphere due to seismic activity. They are rescued by the crew of the supersubmarine Alpha, captained by Craig Mackenzie (Cotten), who they learn is over 200 years old (and that the Alpha was launched in the early 19th century). Mackenzie takes them to Latitude Zero to deal with the serious injuries of Dr Masson. While returning to Latitude Zero, they are attacked by a rival supersubmarine, the Black Shark, captained by Kuroi, who works for a rival of Mackenzie, Malic, who is also over 200 years old and has a base at Blood Rock.

Actors

Joseph Cotten

(Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie)
Cesar Romero

(Dr. Malic / Lt. Hastings)
Akira Takarada

(Dr. Ken Tashiro)
Masumi Okada

(Dr. Jules Masson)
Richard Jaeckel

(Perry Lawton)
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