Latitude Zero
Latitude Zero

緯度0大作戦
Ido Zero Daisakusen
Latitude Zero Great Strategy
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Screenplay |
Shinichi Sekizawa Ted Sherdeman |
Photography | Taiichi Kankura |
Art | Takeo Kita |
Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi |
Lighting | Kiichi Onda |
Editor | Ume Takeda |
Special Effects Art | Yasuyuki Inoue |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | July 26, 1969 |
Runtime | 105 minutes |
![]() 緯度0大作戦 Ido Zero Daisakusen Latitude Zero Great Strategy |
Director | Ishiro Honda |
Special Effects Director | Eiji Tsuburaya |
Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Screenplay |
Shinichi Sekizawa Ted Sherdeman |
Photography | Taiichi Kankura |
Art | Takeo Kita |
Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi |
Lighting | Kiichi Onda |
Editor | Ume Takeda |
Special Effects Art | Yasuyuki Inoue |
Special Effects Assistant Director | Teruyoshi Nakano |
Music | Akira Ifukube |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | July 26, 1969 |
Runtime | 105 minutes |
Tashiro, Masson and Lawton are on a deep sea expedition in the south seas when their bathysphere is separated from their ship. They are rescued by Captain McKenzie and his super submarine, the Alpha. They elude another submarine, the Black Shark, on their way back to McKenzie’s home port, an undersea utopia called Latitude Zero. McKenzie explains that Latitude Zero is a refuge for brilliant scientists who wish to conduct their research in seclusion, only disseminating their revolutionary findings to the outside world through indirect means. McKenzie is opposed by Malic, a mad scientist who created the Black Shark and who wants to abuse the collective knowledge of these scientists for his own purposes.
Malic succeeds in kidnapping Dr. Okada, a scientist en route to Latitude Zero. Okada has invented a serum which can immunize against the effects of radiation. Malic prides himself on vivisecting animals and humans to enhance their abilities. He proceeds to extort Okada to give up the formula of the serum by performing one such vivisection on Kroiga, his former sub commander. McKenzie learns of Okada’s predicament and recruits Tashiro, Masson and Lawton for a rescue mission. They suit up in McKenzie’s futuristic suits and weapons and embark for Malic’s hideaway. They rescue Okada and another battle between the Alpha and the Black Shark follows. The mutated Kroiga rebels against Malic and destroys the Black Shark, killing them both.
Afterwards, Tashiro and Masson decide to remain at Latitude Zero, but Lawton, a reporter by trade, decides to return to the surface, hoping to spread word of Latitude Zero. However, when he is picked up by a naval vessel, he finds that his camera film has been wiped and his souvenirs from Latitude Zero have been misplaced. No one believes his story. It is revealed, however, that a large deposit of diamonds has been left in his bank account, a token of goodwill from McKenzie.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Craig McKenzie

Col. John McKenzie

Malic

Captain Hastings

Jules Masson

Perry Lawton

Lucretia

Tsuruko Okada

Dr. Sugata

Dr. Okada

Kobo

Kuroiga

Dr. Anne Barton

Chen

Naval Crew

Giant Bat
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Observer

Latitude Zero Staff

Sir Maurice Pauli

Research Ship Captain

Observer

Observer

Observer

Black Shark Crew

Reporter

Reporter

Black Shark Crew

Reporter

Latitude Zero Staff
製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
脚本 Screenplay |
関沢新一 Shinichi Sekizawa |
テッド・シャードマン Ted Sherdeman |
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撮影 Photography |
完倉泰一 Taiichi Kankura |
美術 Art |
北猛夫 Takeo Kita |
録音 Sound |
藤好昌生 Masao Fujiyoshi |
照明 Lighting |
隠田紀一 Kiichi Onda |
整音 Dubbing |
下永尚 Hisashi Shimonaga |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
谷清次 Seiji Tani |
編集 Editor |
武田うめ Ume Takeda |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
西本定正 Sadamasa Nishimoto |
現像 Developing |
東京現像所 Tokyo Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
坂本泰明 Yasuaki Sakamoto |
特殊撮影 Special Photography |
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撮影 Photography |
富岡素敬 Motoyoshi Tomioka |
真野田陽一 Yoichi Manoda |
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光学撮影 Optical Photography |
徳政義行 Yoshiyuki Tokumasa |
美術 Art |
井上泰行 Yasuyuki Inoue |
照明 Lighting |
原文良 Funyoshi Hara |
操演 Physical Effects |
中代文雄 Fumio Nakashiro |
合成 Synthesis |
向山宏 Hiroshi Mukoyama |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
中野昭慶 Teruyoshi Nakano |
音楽 Music |
伊福部昭 Akira Ifukube |
サウンドトラック盤 Soundtrack Label |
東芝レコード Toshiba Records |
出演者 Performers |
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宝田明 Akira Takarada |
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ジョセフ・コットン Joseph Cotten |
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シーザー・ロメロ Cesar Romero |
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岡田真澄 Masumi Okada |
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リチャード・ジェッケル Richard Jaeckel |
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中山麻理 Mari Nakayama |
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パトリシア・メデイナ Patricia Medina |
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平田昭彦 Akihiko Hirata |
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中村哲 Tetsu Nakamura |
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大前鈞 Kin Omae |
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リンダ・ヘインズ Linda Haynes |
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黒木ひかる Hikaru Kuroki |
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黒部進 Susumu Kurobe |
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西条康彦 Yasuhiko Saijo |
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中島春雄 Haruo Nakajima |
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関田裕 Hiroshi Sekita |
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声の出演 Voices |
納谷悟郎 Goro Naya |
村越伊知郎 Ichiro Murakoshi |
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富田耕生 Kosei Tomita |
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平井道子 Michiko Hirai |
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翠準子 Junko Midori |
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特技監督 Special Effects Director |
円谷英二 Eiji Tsuburaya |
監督 Director |
本多猪四郎 Ishiro Honda |