Uchu Daikaijû Girara

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Uchu Daikaijû Girara DVD cover.

Movie (1967)
Japanese title: 宇宙大怪獣ギララ
French title: Itoka le monstre des galaxies
English title: The X from Outer Space

Starring:
Eiji Okada (Dr. Kato)
Toshiya Wazaki (Capt. Sano)
Itoko Harada (Michiko)
Peggy Neal (Lisa)
Franz Gruber (Dr. Berman)
Mike Daneen (Dr. Stein)

The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II of the USAF-Military Airlift Command.

Lockheed F-104J Starfighter

Lot of model kits used during the fight against the monster, firing most of the time rockets.

Sidewinders in distress!

Real ones seen on the tarmac.

Lockheed F-104J Starfighter of Kōkū Jieitai.

All shots are edited very fast, this could not help to identify exactly the F-104J seen. Here is serial 46-8564, a Mitsubishi-built airframe c/n 683B-3064. A mechanic informs squadron leader that "8th Squadron is ready" but no Kokudan in any Hikotai using the F-104J was numbered like this.