Island, located about 700 miles south of Tokyo. The film was shot in the middle of winter, even though the cast was dressed for a tropical location. Underwater scenes were shot in one of Toho's studio pools and Yomiuriland's Ryugu Palace. Producer Fumio Tanaka recalled that he had to personally transport the film negatives back to Tokyo on a prop plane. While Fumio Tanaka officially co-produced the film with Tomoyuki Tanaka, the latter was busy with Expo '70 at the time and as a result had very little to do with the production. Space Amoeba was the last science-fiction film made under Toho's studio system. Facing declining profits, Toho took several steps to reduce the power of labor unions: establishing a subsidiary called Toho Eizo to specialize in tokusatsu films, releasing most of its actors from their contracts, and dissolving Tsuburaya's special effects department. It would also be Honda's last film under contract with Toho, although he returned in 1975 to direct Terror of Mechagodzilla. Release Space Amoeba was released in Japan on 1 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho. The film was released theatrically in the United States as Yog: Monster From Space in 1971. The film was distributed by American International Pictures with an English-language dub and had a running time of 81 minutes. The film was released to home video in 2006 as Space Amoeba in its Japanese language with English subtitles. See also List of Japanese films of 1970 References Footnotes Sources External links Space Amoeba at tohokingdom.com 1970 films 1970s science fiction films 1970s monster movies Films about cephalopods Films directed by Ishirō Honda Japanese science fiction films Kaiju films Japanese natural horror films Giant monster films Toho tokusatsu films American International Pictures films Films produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka Films scored by Akira Ifukube Films set in Oceania Films set on fictional islands Films shot in Tokyo 1970s Japanese films