Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

Original title: Kyôryû kaichô no densetsu

1977
1h 32m

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Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)

A young action scientist ventures back home following in his father's footsteps to find a dinosaur egg.A young action scientist ventures back home following in his father's footsteps to find a dinosaur egg.A young action scientist ventures back home following in his father's footsteps to find a dinosaur egg.

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4.2/10

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Trivia
The movie became a cult film in Soviet Russia where it was the only Japanese monster movie to see a release before the 1990s. Interestingly, it wasn't the prehistoric creatures that caught the attention of audiences, but the depiction of a foreign capitalist country with its modern advancements. In particular, Soviet moviegoers were astonished that Japanese people owned Polaroid cameras.

Alternate versions
The US Broadcast version that was made by Sandy Frank in the early 1980s and was availible from Celebrity Video is missing certain scenes. Besides the original Toei logo and opening credits being replaced by Frank's credits, 2 scenes have been cut; they are:
1. The part with the woman in the shower has a brief shot of nudity in the light before it mysteriously goes out.
2. When Sawa pulls her friends remains into the raft, the US version cuts it so you dont see the body slung in; we only see it drop in.

Connections
Edited into Tokusou Robo Janperson: Dasshutsu Funô no Meikyû (rabirinsu) (1993)

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3/10

Bad dubbing

I guess it's kind of hard for me to really hate this movie, mostly because it's easy to see how awful the dubbing is. They're not even trying to match up the words with the lips. That could be more of the dubber's fault and not the movie's creators. I still knew that this movie would be really cheesy. The dinosaurs don't really appear until the end of the movie and it's at this point that you can easily see how bad the effects are. I can at least appreciate the attempt at character development. It's hard to believe this was made in 1977. It looks a lot more like the 1960's.

There's too much going on at the end. About the only good thing is that some of the explosions were cool. I just knew what would happen next. I knew that she would carry up an arm attached to a partly eaten body. It's easy to see how they use stock footage. This should have been shorter as you can tell they were trying to drag it out. I seriously wouldn't have been surprised if that fake dinosaur part was supposed to be the real one in the story. *1/2