The War of the Gargantuas (フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ)

There's only one survivor, and he's still in shock.

Hmm... is he gonna live?

The doctor says that he can't tell yet.

She carried a crew of five.

The others must have been trapped below the deck when she sank, huh?

Yes sir but there's something strange about this accident.

The fisherman keeps saying his boat was sunk by a monster.

Hiro Laboratory.

Hello.

Long distance?

No, this is Dr. Stewart's assistant.

Just a second.

Doctor, it's the Maritime Safety Bureau calling.

Hello?

Yes, this is Dr. Stewart speaking.

We need your help.

Sir, you've studied giant animals.

You had one in captivity, didn't you?

Yes, that was five years ago.

You know, uh, he might have been a young species of a Gargantua.

A mountain guide brought him in, but he escaped the following year.

What?

Right here.

We're glad you're still in Japan, Dr. Stewart.

This fisherman's talk about a monster sinking his boat has given everyone crazy ideas.

Well, that's more than I can offer until I can find out what's going on around here.

Didn't you have a species of giant?

That was five years ago. We captured something

But before we had a chance to finish our report It got away.

- Dr. Kita at the university - Oh, you know him?

Yes, indeed

I studied that desiccated hand he found in Pangbosch. It's still a mystery.

Science just isn't able to relate it to any known creature.

Here we are.

Is it possible that a Gargantua might exist, Doctor?

Might.

Did you see that news story in the paper last week?

I read it.

You do mean the one about the Alpine students, don't you, where they claim to

have seen a giant monster running around in the snow?

Yes.

They were probably on a bad LSD trip.

Oh.

Nurse.

I'm sorry, there are no visitors.

Official business.

I'd like you to meet Dr. Paul Stewart.

How do you do, sir?

Go ahead.

He hasn't said anything rational since they brought him into the hospital.

He's in a severe state of shock.

Oh.

Oh, giant!

Well, what did you find out?

There was no one trapped inside.

I found these clothes on the railing, out on the deck.

Is the boat damaged?

Uh-uh.

Well, doctor, it doesn't look like the work of a monster.

Yet, I don't understand this accident.

What were they doing around the dangerous spot like this on a stormy night?

They're smugglers, I think.

Yeah.

And the rest of the crew has gone into hiding.

When the boat sank, you were at the wheel.

Is that right?

That's what I said.

I know you did.

But were you telling me the truth?

Tell me again just what happened.

Didn't you see the other four members of your crew?

Yes, sir.

I saw four of them.

If you'll investigate the boat, you'll find no evidence of a collision.

Or that we hit a reef.

It was a monster.

We were sunk by a hairy green giant.

He grabbed the boat, shoved it clear under.

And all of us in the crew were washed over the rail.

Then we started swimming towards the shore.

We didn't have a chance.

He saw us and started after us.

If I were going to tell a lie I'd think up something more believable...

than a Gargantua.

Oh Chief, the divers have found the clothes of the four missing men.

- Where were they? - Between the boat and the shore.

Are they all in this condition?

Yes sir. They're all chewed up just like this.

Doctor. These are reporters. They'd like to ask you something about Gargantua.

Have a seat.

Tell us, doctor, is your Gargantua alive now?

It's possible.

It could be true?

Well, I haven't seen my Gargantua since he escaped.

But, uh, well, even if he did come back, he wouldn't be living in the ocean.

And he wouldn't be doing things like tipping over boats.

Or eating human beings.

Is it your opinion that Gargantua had nothing to do with the incident at Masaki?

Yes, that's my opinion.

I certainly agree.

I cannot believe that he would ever hurt a human being.

The doctor raised him here, didn't he?

I think that it was I who knew our Gargantua the best.

He was so gentle when he was treated kindly.

What are you doing?

Here, let's have it.

You're hungry, yes?

Want something to eat?

Now wait.

Good boy.

All right, go ahead.

There.

He was like a baby boy.

He never could have harmed anybody.

Look, in all the time that we had him here,

he seemed more gentle than most human beings.

You know, maybe you should recheck that fisherman's story again.

- Thank you, doctor. - Thank you.

Come on.

Hey, look at that!

They're putting the blame for everything on Gargantua.

Fishermen say that they saw him.

They just saw a head sticking out of the water.

A head sticking out of the water, huh?

Yes.

Doctor, what could it be?

Don't know yet.

Possibly a mutation.

Some freak offspring of an animal we already know.

It's so different.

It's so different.

It's like a new breed.

Well, whatever it is, it considers man an enemy.

We'll just have to use the old noggin, huh?

What do you mean?

I'm afraid it's going to be up to us to find out what steps can be taken.

If any... to defend ourselves against this thing, in case he attacks again.

Doctor, you want to take a look at this?

A photo of the big footprint found by the college students in the mountains last week.

We know what this is.

We've seen footprints like this before.

They're like our Gargantuas.

That's right.

And even more interesting, there's a mountain guide that everybody thought was

crazy when he said he saw a monster last week on that very same trail.

He's seen in the ocean, then the mountains.

How could such a huge monster move around so fast?

Or, do you suppose there could be two?

That's what's been running through my head.

I'm going to go to the Japan Alps and take a look around.

I'll go to the beach.

Good.

Looks like the mark of steel claws, doesn't it?

Yes, it does.

Did you find something?

What is it?

It's from a sea animal, membrane.

Is it something connected with the Gargantuas?

Well, I can't be sure, but it's possible.

Hey.

Hey wait a minute. Let me catch my breath.

Just how far did you see those footprints anyway?

A long way to climb clear to the top of that peak out there.

Hey, here they are.

There they are Doctor.

You can see them all the way up.

Sir, here's the picture we took of the footprints.

Are the measurements on here exact, or did you just guess?

I measured it carefully.

And I double-checked it.

That's right.

If you should ask me about it, it's true.

There's a connection between that one and the other.

Oh, I don't think so.

You'll see.

Well, it looks like we've got a little work cut out for us back at the lab, huh?

Yes.

Doctor Kita.

We're all finished.

Thank you.

These are microscopic photographs.

They prove without question that those are not scales, but are hairs.

I was afraid that was the case.

Uh-huh.

Why?

Why does he live under the water?

Tokyo Tower to Pan American Flight 301.

You're cleared to land runway 1-5.

Attention! Attention! All aircraft are to run away!

An alert! An alert! This is Tokyo tower. Don't land!

Were is he?

Out there.

Thanks.

Doctor, could we talk to you?

No comment.

Let me through.

Gentlemen, please.

Miss, miss, may I have a statement from you, please?

Please.

Doctor!