Godzilla Vs the Sea Monster brings much awesome carnage to the screen in this series of eccentric, amusing and memorable monster films. This was also the first entry in the series that Ishiro Honda did not direct. and known internationally as Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, is a 1966 kaiju/tokusatsu film directed by Jun Fukuda and written by Shinichi Sekizawa. Desc: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep is a 1966 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda and produced and distributed by Toho Studios.The film stars Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Akihiko Hirata and Eisei Amamoto, and features the fictional monster characters Godzilla, Mothra, and Ebirah. Listed under record number V3508D105, Toho also referenced its US title of Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. In this day and age, Toho has a habit of insisting that their preferred English title for the movie be used in markets outside of Japan. In Australia, Madman came up with a solution by calling their release "Godzilla: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep". They also discover a sleeping Godzilla and decide to wake him up to aid in their plan to free the natives. Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975: In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) After being caught in a storm in the south seas, several teenagers and thief arrive on an island where natives have been enslaved by a terrorist organization. It came at a time when Godzilla was making the turnaround from A-bomb Avenger to cartoon defender of Japan. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, released in Japan as Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas (ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘, Gojira, Ebira, Mosura Nankai no Daikettō?) On March 8th, 2004, Toho finally submitted the movie to the US copyright office under its international title: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep. Godzilla vs the Sea Monster was the seventh Godzilla film. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep 1966 film. The first Godzilla film directed by Jun Fukuda, who would go on to direct four more, is fast-paced and light in tone, and builds to a riveting race-against-time finale. On their excursion, they narrowly avoid destruction at the hands of Ebirah, a colossal crustacean guarding an island base home to a terrorist syndicate called the Red Bamboo. "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep" doesn't have any marquee value. The company coninuted to register the 1966 movie with the US copyright office as late as 2001. Using a special chemical, the Red Bamboo are able to repel their ships from Ebirah's wrath and have enslaved the natives of nearby Infant Island to produce the stuff.